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[/panel][WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility
January 14, 2019
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12pm EST Webinar Recording More on the Indicators Indicators for Sustainable Mobility Presentation As Climate Change Escalates, US Cities Fail to Provide Car Alternatives About the Webinar As cities seek to improve their transportation systems to make them more sustainable, equitable, and useful for people, it is critical that they first understand how their system performs. To that ...Read MoreITDP Announces New CEO Heather Thompson
September 19, 2018
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Thompson as our new chief executive officer. Ms. Thompson, who has been serving in the role of interim CEO since February, was selected by the ITDP board of directors after an extensive, international search. Her transition to permanent CEO is ongoing, and will be effective October ...Read MoreBus Rapid Transit Nearly Quadruples Over Ten Years
November 17, 2014
Bus rapid transit has grown by 383 percent in the last ten years, according to new data released by ITDP. As cities around the world discover the benefits and cost effectiveness of BRT, they have built hundreds of systems across dozens of countries that qualify as true BRT. A new interactive map shows a comprehesive ...Read MoreITDP Releases New Study on Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Summit
September 17, 2014
As world leaders gather for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on September 23rd, ITDP and the University of California, Davis, have released a new report on the impact of transportation emissions on our climate future. According to the new study, more than USD$100 trillion in cumulative public and private spending could be saved, and ...Read MoreThai City Plans Country’s Largest Cycle Network
February 1, 2004
In 2002, Thailand’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) awarded 14 municipalities 500,000 baht for a feasibility study of bicycle lanes. Lamphun’s government has proposed a 33.2 km network of bicycle routes, at a cost 220 million baht, which must be approved by a committee in the EPPO. Bicycle culture is already strong in Lamphun ...Read MoreExperts: TransJakarta’s New Bus System Can Drastically Improve Transit Service
January 16, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jakarta’s new bus system, which opens its first stretch tomorrow, will save passengers up to an hour in travel time, according to international transportation experts. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) issued a preliminary draft of a 100-plus page report today assessing the TransJakarta bus system. Based on reviews performed over the ...Read MoreUsing Bicycles To Save Lives (Issue 16, 2004)
January 1, 2004
Letter from the President: Celebrating ITDP’s 20th Anniversary • Letter From the Executive Director: Automobile Dependency and the Global Culture War: Lessons from Bogotá • Using Bicycles to Save Lives • Congestion Charging: Can it Work in Sao Paulo? • The California Bike Coalition Comes of Age • Countering Car Culture, One Trip at a ...Read MorePre-Feasibility Study for Bus Rapid Transit in Dakar, Senegal
January 1, 2004
This report represents the results of two preliminary studies of the feasibility for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Dakar, Senegal. The report is not intended to indicate that decisions about many critical issues have already been taken. This report is rather intended to give a general idea to Senegalese decision makers about the range of options that are available ...Read MoreAnnual Peace Corps HIV/AIDS Ride Roles Ahead: ITDP Supports Health Educators With Bicycles
December 12, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson, 212-629-8001, lpeterson@itdp.org Ben Armatage, Peace Corps Volunteer, Office: 051-60496, Mobile: 024-331897 The 4th Annual HIV/AIDS Bike Ride will begin in Jakubu with a community rally. The mobile outreach team will then continue by bicycle through more than 20 communities, where HIV/AIDS educational presentations will be given. Past large-scale HIV/AIDS Bike Rides have reached more than ...Read MoreGroups Donate 200 Bicycles to African Health Workers
December 4, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson – 212-629-8001 Donation of the bicycles was made possible by a partnership between Tour D’Afrique and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), an NGO based in New York City, with generous support from the Rotary Club Leusden in Holland. The new six speed bicycles, designed for African terrain and conditions, ...Read MoreCape Town’s Danile Landingwe Speaks out for Sustainable Transport
December 2, 2003
On shifting the balance: “We have to deal with the engineers and the planners. They have all been taught at university that you have to accommodate the cars on the road. But in my view the people come first and the cars come secondary. If you look at both Bogotá and Curitiba that is the way; ...Read MoreGuangzhou Launches Unique Citizen-Directed Traffic Enforcement Program
December 2, 2003
The innovative enforcement program, which tracks drivers based on vehicle license plates, was an initiative created by the head of Guangzhou’s traffic police. Due to a deluge of photos, the department is now taking steps to tighten the conditions of offering a reward. Digital images are not accepted, and both a print and negative must be ...Read MoreAfrica-Wide Sustainable Transport Network Launched
December 2, 2003
The workshop brought together representatives of municipalities, citizen groups, NGOs, researchers and policy-makers from Senegal, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as representatives of specialized agencies such as GTZ, ITDG, UN Habitat and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Once fully operational, SUSTRAN-Africa is expected to build on a nascent sustainable transport projects being promoted in ...Read MoreShanghai Plans City-wide Bicycle Ban
December 2, 2003
Shanghai papers reported this week that the city plans to ban bicycles from all major roads next year, clearing space for private vehicles to ease the city’s mounting congestion. Police will also raise fines tenfold for such cycling infractions as running red lights. Despite previous restrictions on bicycle use in the city, the number of ...Read More