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[/panel][WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility
January 14, 2019
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 MoreUrban Bikeways Design Manual
October 17, 2011
The U.S. National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) has created a new urban bikeways design manual, based in large part on designs that have been innovated or adapted by their member cities (which includes bike-friendly notables such as New York, Portland, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Seattle among others). The guide is geared towards practitioners and provides ...Read MorePedestrian-Friendly Street Design Improvements Under Construction in Rio de Janeiro
October 7, 2011
Article and photo by Maricha Friedman Pedestrian-friendly street design improvements, based on designs developed in an ITDP workshop, are currently being implemented in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In February 2010, ITDP coordinated a Public Space and Pedestrian Safety Workshop in Rio de Janeiro for Municipal officials and employees. The workshop, and associated field visits, was led by ...Read MoreMobility, Livability, and Economic Growth: Sustainability Lessons from the Pacific Rim
October 5, 2011
Join the Pacific Cities Sustainability Initiative (PCI) at their upcoming conference, taking place in two cities, Los Angeles and San Francisco on October 24th and 26th respectively. As Asian cities increasingly become the testing grounds for innovative transportation technologies, now is the time to facilitate an exchange of ideas between North America and Asia. Join leading ...Read MoreITDP and Secovi-SP bring the Principles of Transport in Urban Life to São Paulo
October 3, 2011
The winners of the ITDP and Secovi-SP Competition, “Our Cities Ourselves: Proposals for São Paulo 2030”, were announced by the Secretary of Urban Development Miguel Bucalém during an awards ceremony at Secovi-SP headquarters on the 20th of September. The top three entries were awarded US$5,500, US$4,300 and US$2,700, respectively, and two honorable mentions and a ...Read MoreRegister now for Online Course: Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries
October 1, 2011
The Local Development Program of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in partnership with GIZ, the German Technical Cooperation, is launching a new session of the e-learning course Sustainable Urban Mobility in Developing Countries, from 14 November 2011 to 2 March 2012. Based on material jointly developed by GIZ and UNITAR, the course ...Read MoreITDP & Secovi-SP bring mobility and urbanism experts to Secovi’s annual meeting in São Paulo
September 29, 2011
ITDP partnered with the Brazilian real estate industry union Secovi-SP (an Urban Land Institute affiliate) to put on an “International Urban Forum” during Secovi’s annual meeting in São Paulo on the 20th of September. The forum bought together over 10 international experts on 5 different panels to discuss the theme “Mobility and Urbanism: Integrating planning, ...Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves opens in Ahmedabad
September 28, 2011
ITDP’s Our Cities Ourselves exhibition opened at the Kanoria Centre for Arts on September 20, 2011. The opening featured distinguished speakers including Shri Asit Vora Mayor, Ahmedabad; Shri I. P. Gautam, Principal Secretary, Urban Development, Government of Gujarat; Shri G. Mahapatra, Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Mr. Sam Miller, Director, Media Development, BBC World Service Trust ...Read MoreEurope’s Vibrant New Low Car(bon) Communities
September 22, 2011
ITDP has issued a new report that examines eight new developments across Europe and finds that the design and policy measures these developments have employed to limit car use are working. These developments have lower rates of car ownership and car mode share, and higher rates of bicycling, walking and transit use than comparable areas ...Read MoreEurope’s Vibrant New Low Car(bon) Communities
September 22, 2011
Moving is a time to reevaluate the stuff you own. Boxes of family photos? Coming. That ratty old couch? Not coming. But what if you could leave something even bigger behind? Like your car? New developments are often associated with sprawl and more driving. But eight communities across Europe demonstrate there is a different model. ...Read MoreOur Cities Ourselves: Eight Principles for Transport in Urban Life
September 20, 2011
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has developed eight principles designed to create more sustainable cities that produce less carbon emissions. Our Cities Ourselves: 8 Principles for Transport in Urban Life shows how cities from New York to Nairobi can meet the challenges of rapid population growth and climate change while improving their competitiveness. The ...Read More