Topic: Public Transport

About This STA Spotlight case study on the City of Tianjin, China, the 2024 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) winner, highlights the city’s collaborative efforts to expand non-motorized transport and street infrastructure to dramatically improve walking, cycling, and public transit connections. According to Climate Watch, China’s transport-related CO2 emissions alone account for 11% of all global…

About Inclusion, universal access, and empathy are key to building mobility systems that serve all members of society. It is vital to prioritize the needs of underrepresented groups — such as women, the elderly, children, and people with disabilities — through participatory decision-making in planning and delivering mobility infrastructure.​ Ensuring accessibility and universal design is…

About Addressing the climate crisis will require rapid, sustained transformation in every country and every sector of industrial activity. In The Compact City Scenario – Electrified report, researchers from ITDP and the University of California, Davis (with support from the ClimateWorks Foundation) modeled the global changes that will be necessary to decarbonize urban passenger transport. The…

About Addressing the climate crisis will require rapid, sustained transformation in every country and every sector of industrial activity. In The Compact City Scenario – Electrified report, researchers from ITDP and the University of California, Davis (with support from the ClimateWorks Foundation) modeled the global changes that will be necessary to decarbonize urban passenger transport. The…

About Addressing the climate crisis will require rapid, sustained transformation in every country and every sector of industrial activity. In The Compact City Scenario – Electrified report, researchers from ITDP and the University of California, Davis (with support from the ClimateWorks Foundation) modeled the global changes that will be necessary to decarbonize urban passenger transport. The…

About Addressing the climate crisis will require rapid, sustained transformation in every country and every sector of industrial activity. In The Compact City Scenario – Electrified report, researchers from ITDP and the University of California, Davis (with support from the ClimateWorks Foundation) modeled the global changes that will be necessary to decarbonize urban passenger transport. The…

The June 2024 Sustainable Transport Newsletter from ITDP provides highlights and news from our global teams, with a focus on ITDP’s Year of the Bus and our various bus and public transport-related projects around the world. The newsletter also previews upcoming research, products, and resources that will keep readers up-to-date on the latest trends in…

About Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a powerful mobility solution that can move many passengers in cleaner buses, helping cities meet climate goals. Building on ITDP releases like the 2024 BRT Standard and the BRT Resource Hub, the BRT Simple Calculator of Project Effects (SCOPE) is a user-friendly tool available as a downloadable Excel sheet…

About In response to equity, climate, health and economic crises worldwide, ITDP and VREF convened global transport stakeholders in 2022-2023 to consider the importance of public transport as the main enabler for accessible, resilient and just cities. This year-long MOBILIZE Learning Lab program gathered expert researchers and practitioners from around the world to ideate on…

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