By Andrés Jara-Moreno, Country Director, Colombia TransMilenio, Bogota’s world-class BRT system, celebrated ten years of successful operations on October 28th. ITDP President and former Mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa, described TransMilenio as “the best bus system in the word’ in his key-note address at the anniversary celebrations. Penalosa commissioned its creation during his tenure as…
By Jonas Hagen The 22nd of September, International Car free Day, came and went, but as in 2009, this year left lasting legacy in the city of Rio de Janeiro. In addition to prohibiting parking in the city center for one day, the municipal government permanently established nine slow speed zones throughout the city, creating…
Vice-Director, Global Policy and ITDP Founder Michael Replogle will be co-teaching a Travel Demand Management course organized by CTS, GTZ SUTP, and CAI-LAC in Mexico City. Please see below for course descriptions and registration information. ——— A training course on Travel Demand Management (TDM) in English and Spanish languages (with simultaneous translation) will be held…
by Amalia Holub, ITDP Argentina The Buenos Aires city government recently initiated a bike-to-work program, its latest effort to get residents on bikes and out of their cars. With a presentation from ITDP, the government held a conference with business leaders to outline various means of encouraging their employees to commute by bicycle, as well…
ITDP’s global policy director and founder, Michael Replogle, joined Pennsylvania Governor Rendell, Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa, and Representatives DeLauro (D-CT), DeFazio (D-OR), and Lipinski (D-IL), in testifying before a U.S. House Ways and Means subcommittee hearing on infrastructure banks on May 13, 2010. Creating a National Infrastructure Bank, as proposed in H.R.2421, or a National…
by Claudia Gunter, ITDP The city of Guangzhou, China, officially opened the 22.5-kilometer Guangzhou bus rapid transit system, known as GBRT, on February 21, after a ten-day test run over the Chinese New Year holiday period. The GBRT is a system of firsts: it is the first BRT to directly connect to a metro system,…
by Ana Peñalosa After a year of planning, Mexico City launched its first public bike system, called Ecobici, on February 16. The system, which features 1,114 bikes and 85 stations, is part of the new Bicycle Mobility Strategy of Mexico City, which seeks to raise the number of cyclists in the city from one percent…
Letter from the Executive Director: From Best Practice to Paradigm Change • Better Parking, Better Streets: How European Cities are Taking Control of Their Traffic Trouble • Year of the Tiger in Guangzhou • Back to the Future: Reinventing Modernism for the Developing World • Off the Rails: BRT in the USA • 10 Principles…
Letter from the Executive Director: From Best Practice to Paradigm Change • Better Parking, Better Streets: How European Cities are Taking Control of Their Traffic Trouble • Year of the Tiger in Guangzhou • Back to the Future: Reinventing Modernism for the Developing World • Off the Rails: BRT in the USA • 10 Principles…