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….
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….
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….
For the past six years on September 16th advocates, planners, bureaucrats and artists have joined forces to create mini pop-up parks in curbside spaces, generally reserved for cars. All this is part of a global movement called “Park(ing) Day” which uses these fun new public spaces to call attention to what is ordinarily a touchy…
By Maricha Friedman ITDP Chief Executive Officer Walter Hook recently completed teaching a two week course, “The Theory and Practice of Sustainable and Equitable Transportation Planning”, at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niteroi, Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro. The course focused on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) potential in Niteroi but also on parking reform, congestion…
Over 700 people filled a packed theater in São Paulo last night for the first stop on the 9-city “Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Mobility” tour with legendary artist and musician, David Byrne, and ITDP. Activities for the forum started earlier in the day, when a group of around 30 cyclists, including the Secretary…
June 21, 2011 Plenary: How to Leverage Private Investment for Public Benefit: The Role of Public Private Partnership in BRT Systems Moderator: Walter Hook,CEO, ITDP Speakers : Javier Garcia Bejos, General Director, COMURSA, Private Investment in Transport Infrastructure Fernando Escallon, President, Escallon Morales & Associates, Transmilenio: A Story of Success and Evolution Edgar Enrique Sandoval, Director, Sigma…
A few years ago it wouldn’t have been uncommon to see people commuting on horseback through downtown Ulaan Bataar (UB), the capital of Mongolia. Most of the city’s residents are no more than a generation or two removed from nomadic life. But UB has been urbanizing rapidly, with 20,000 migrants arriving from the countryside each…