Vanessa Pessoa has over 25 years of experience in public and private sectors, administration, communications and leadership around interdisciplinary issues on race and gender in urban transport. Since 2017, she has been leading the Communications Department at the Transport Secretariat of the City of São Paulo. She is also responsible for the Institutional Support Group…
Six cities and their Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems across the United States, Brazil, and Mexico have received updated scores and designations in accordance with the latest 2024 edition of the BRT Standard. The new Standard draws on expert feedback that reflects the current nature of bus systems amid growing inequality, health concerns, and climate…
Managing public transport data, electrifying buses and reducing traffic deaths are policies capable of significantly improving the quality of life in cities and making mobility more equitable for everyone. In Brazil’s cities especially, issues of access, inequality, and race and gender play a significant role in urban transport systems and have significant impacts on millions…
Kasih, or as she prefers to be called, Noni, is a passionate advocate for sustainable urban planning and inclusive design. Noni completed her bachelor’s degree in Human Geography and Urban Planning at the University of Groningen, where she developed her love for creating livable, people-centric cities. Growing up in Jakarta, Noni realized that the city…
Zu Peshawar has emerged as a successful model in terms of inclusion, diversity, and access because the system is tailored to address societal gaps. Since its inception in August 2020, it has revolutionized Peshawar, Pakistan and its transportation landscape, replacing outdated and environmentally harmful vehicles with a modern third generation BRT System under TransPeshawar’s management….
About this Edition The BRT Standard (BRTStandard.org) is both a framework for understanding BRT and an evaluation tool for BRT corridors based on international best practices. BRT experts have evaluated the elements that receive points in the BRT Standard in a wide variety of contexts. When present, these elements result in consistently improved system performance…
Direct community involvement in urban planning processes is stipulated in Indonesia’s National Development Planning System through Musrenbang, or a ‘Multi-Stakeholder Consultation Forum for Development Planning’. The Forum is organized to accommodate the needs and perspectives of various stakeholders affected by existing and potential national and regional urban development plans. This can range from issues of…
Laura is a social communicator and a journalist. She works for the Mayor’s Office of Medellín as a specialist in public project management with more than 5 years of experience in active and sustainable mobility projects; she’s also the leader in the promotion of the low emission zone and in the coordination of the first…
The 2023 issue of the Sustainable Transport Magazine has been re-designed and re-imagined, offering readers a dynamic, in-depth look at the challenges and opportunities to sustainable urban mobility in today’s world. From issues of gender and race to the power of transport digitalization, to the impacts of human-centered design, the content in Issue No. 35…