News
- New U.S. Transport Bill Short on Vision, Long on Pork
- Posted on August 1, 2005
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It is expected to be signed into law. The U.S. has been without a new transportation act since September 2003, when the 1998 law expired. Since then, Congress has had to pass temporary extensions to keep money flowing to the states for construction projects.
The new bill includes a record level of...
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- Mexico City Launches Metrobus BRT System
- Posted on August 1, 2005
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On June 19, Mexico City began operating Metrobus, a Bus Rapid Transit system, on a 19.4-kilometer route along Insurgentes Avenue, one of the city’s busiest north-south corridors. Aimed at helping save travel time for riders, decrease street congestion, lower local air pollution, and reduce CO2 emiss...
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- Fuji Ships Bicycles to Southeast Asia for Help in Tsunami Relief
- Posted on June 1, 2005
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ITDP is supporting the donation effort by coordinating bicycle distribution with service workers active on the ground. The first shipment will be received by the Sri Lanka office of the Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG).
Thousands of people in Sri Lanka are still living in camps afte...
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- New U.S. Transportation Bill Could Roll Back Environmental Protections
- Posted on June 1, 2005
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In late May 2005, the U.S. Congress adopted its seventh short-term reauthorization of the “TEA-21” federal transportation law since September 2003, when TEA-21 expired. The law, which is renewed every six years, dictates how the majority of federal transportation funds are spent around the country....
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- Mexico City’s Metrobus Set to Open in June
- Posted on June 1, 2005
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As the project moves forward, there is hope among many of the city’s residents (80% of whom use public transport for their daily commuting) that a new, higher quality system will make their commuting time shorter, safer and more reliable than the current alternatives. In the next few weeks, the reg...
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- Dedicated Bus Lanes Central to Renewal of Seoul Transit
- Posted on June 1, 2005
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Forty kilometers of dedicated median lanes opened on major trunk lines. A trunk-and-feeder system with color-coded buses and an entirely new numbering system replaced the old haphazard route map.
Customers now enjoy up to five free intermodal transfers through the use of new smart cards. Behind t...
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- Monorail Companies Pressing for Contracts in Asian Cities
- Posted on April 1, 2005
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In the last few months, monorail companies have been heavily marketing their projects in Indonesia, China, and India. There are two main monorail manufacturers pushing projects: Hitachi of Japan and MTrans Holding of Malaysia. New monorails were built recently in Chengdu, China, and in Kuala Lumpur....
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- World Bank Says Dhaka Rickshaw Ban Should Not Go Forward
- Posted on April 1, 2005
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The city was poised to expand the ban to cover a total of 120 km over the next several months. While the initial proposal for the ban came out of an urban transport strategy developed under the auspices of a World Bank urban transport loan for Dhaka, after questions were raised by NGOs, the World B...
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- California Bikes Brighten South African City
- Posted on April 1, 2005
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Photo: Zenzele workers use California Bikes for work, recreation and household mobility.
Based on the success of a pilot project in Calitzdorp, the Western Cape Provincial Government has announced it will provide California Bikes to 120 workers in four new project locations. With no public transp...
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- What to Do About Urban Highways: Lessons from Mexico City
- Posted on January 1, 2005
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Photo: Mexico City tries to build its way out of congestion with double-decked highways.
It has been many decades since a new urban highway like Robert Moses’ notorious Cross Bronx Expressway has been built in the US or Europe. Highways that forcibly evicted tens of thousands of disenfranchised...
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