About Off-street parking reform in cities is key to helping reduce transport-related emissions, improve air quality, and create more people-friendly urban spaces. Building on the The Opportunity of Reforming Parking report, the Simple Calculator of Project Effects for Off-Street Parking Policy Reform (Off-Street Parking SCOPE) is a user-friendly spreadsheet tool that can help users estimate…
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About Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a powerful public transit solution that can move large numbers of passengers in cleaner buses, helping cities deliver on their climate goals. Building on the release of the 2024 BRT Standard and as part of ITDP’s year of the bus, the BRT Simple Calculator Of Project Effects (SCOPE) is a…
About The Atlas of Sustainable City Transport is an online data dashboard that displays indicators of sustainable and inclusive urban passenger transport. The Atlas includes measurements of nine indicators for over 1,000 metropolitan areas, as well as measurements over 40,000 of legal jurisdictions and districts. These indicators do not just measure infrastructure: they measure what…
About As part of ITDP’s global Cycling Cities campaign and with support from the FIA Foundation, this report finds that networks of protected bicycle lanes in middle-income cities reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower transport costs, and prevent premature road fatalities in a highly cost-effective way. Connected networks of physically-protected bicycle lanes, rather than disconnected, unprotected…
All over the world, many cities have faced difficulties in expanding their rapid transit networks at the scales and rates needed to meet the challenges posed by urban population growth, economic development and climate change. In order to understand how to respond to these challenges, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) undertook an…
At the World Urban Forum (WUF) in Medellin, Colombia, in 2014 ITDP released Transit-oriented Development (TOD) scores for 50 urban developments from around the world. The scores highlight best practices in global TOD. Using the metrics from the TOD Standard, ITDP evaluated development projects on six continents to see how they incorporated the eight principles of high quality TOD and…
The drawings of the modern cycle rickshaws were designed for the India Cycle Rickshaw Improvement Project. The project resulted in nearly half a million modern rickshaws in North India. The new rickshaws are revolutionary in terms of safety and comfort both for the rickshaw drivers as well as the passengers. Advantages include a 30% weight…