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  • [WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility

    [WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility
    Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12pm EST Webinar Recording   More on the Indicators Indicators for Sustainable Mobility Presentation As Climate Change Escalates, US Cities Fail to Provide Car Alternatives   About the Webinar As cities seek to improve their transportation systems to make them more sustainable, equitable, and useful for people, it is critical that they first understand how their system performs.  To that ...
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  • ITDP Announces New CEO Heather Thompson

    ITDP Announces New CEO Heather Thompson
    We are pleased to announce the appointment of Heather Thompson as our new chief executive officer. Ms. Thompson, who has been serving in the role of interim CEO since February, was selected by the ITDP board of directors after an extensive, international search. Her transition to permanent CEO is ongoing, and will be effective October ...
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  • Bus Rapid Transit Nearly Quadruples Over Ten Years

    Bus Rapid Transit Nearly Quadruples Over Ten Years
    Bus rapid transit has grown by 383 percent in the last ten years, according to new data released by ITDP. As cities around the world discover the benefits and cost effectiveness of BRT, they have built hundreds of systems across dozens of countries that qualify as true BRT. A new interactive map shows a comprehesive ...
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  • ITDP Releases New Study on Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Summit

    ITDP Releases New Study on Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Summit
    As world leaders gather for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Summit on September 23rd, ITDP and the University of California, Davis, have released a new report on the impact of transportation emissions on our climate future. According to the new study, more than USD$100 trillion in cumulative public and private spending could be saved, and ...
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  • Bad manners Busway is a test for all Jakartans

    Meet what might be Jakarta’s new agent of behavioral change: the busway. Since the introduction of the TransJakarta rapid bus in 2004, the capital has had no need for street signs calling for more urban discipline. People are now supposedly learning from experience. Wait, first let’s highlight the word supposedly. Today—a little over two years after ...
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  • Flyovers no solution to traffic woes: Expert

    Talking to the Statesman, executive director, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Dr. Walter Hook said that elevated roads are not the solution to increasing traffic congestion in urban areas. “By constructing flyovers, traffic congestion is being shifted from one place to another place.  Started in the 50’s and 60’s in the 20th century in ...
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  • Make way for public transport

    Make way for public transport
    “The Master Plan is a very progressive document in as far as it proposes bus lanes, pedestrian corridors, and cycle lanes on every arterial road in the city.  The document also recognizes the role of non-motorized transport.  The new proposals are, however, in stark contrast to existing road conditions, where there are huge traffic jams ...
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  • Fuji and SE Bikes Rally for Earthquake Victims in Yogyakarta

    In May 2006, an earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Java, near the city of Yogyakarta, killing thousands and leaving many homeless. Disasters like the 2006 quake and the tsunami in 2004 prompted a widespread humanitarian response and the bicycle community rallied as well. With the assistance of ITDP and its Indonesian NGO partner Instran, Fuji ...
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  • Скоростные автобусные перевозки (САП): Руководство по планированию

    Скоростные автобусные перевозки (САП): Руководство по планированию
    Настоящее Руководство по планированию скоростных автобусных перевозок (САП)содержит наиболее полную информацию о планировании системы, начиная с подготовки проекта и заканчивая его реализацией.  Системы скоростных автобусных перевозок зарекомендовали себя в качестве катализаторов преобразования городов в более пригодные и приятные для проживания людей места. Привлекательность таких систем состоит в том, что они способны обеспечивать высококачественные массовые перевозки пассажиров ...
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  • 310 Catholic AIDS Action volunteers on bikes in Oshana and Omusati

    310 Catholic AIDS Action volunteers on bikes in Oshana and Omusati
    The ceremony took place at CAA Okatana office.  Attended the ceremony: Hon. Lotto Kuushomwa- Oshakati East Constituency Representing Klemens Kashuupulwa, Governor of Oshana; Hon. Selvelius Ekandjo- Ongwediva Constituency; Hon. Henock yaKasita- Okaku Constituency; Mrs. Amupolo- Uukwambi Traditional Authority; Mike Saxby- Axiz Southern Africa; Madelein Hough- Axiz Namibia; Ms. Jurtha Shivute- TKMOAMS; Ms. Diana Iiyambo- Red ...
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  • Ecuadorian City Winning Against Traffic, Pollution Problems

    “Mayor Nebot belongs to a new generation of bold mayors and governors around the world who are tackling seemingly intractable problems like traffic gridlock and air pollution—and winning,” said Walter Hook, executive director of ITDP and contributor to Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future. To be an award recipient, cities must enhance ...
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  • Guayaquil, Ecuador Receives 2007 Sustainable Transport Award

    In 2006, Mayor Nebot opened the first 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) of the Metrovia bus rapid transit (BRT) system (see photo below), which provides cleaner, higher quality service that reduces trip times in key travel corridors.  At its current rate of growth, the BRT system is expected to expand to 45 kilometers (28 miles) and ...
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  • Mayor of Guayaquil, Ecuador Honored for Improving City’s Quality of Life

    Until recently in Guayaquil, a city of 2.3 million, the quality of public services like transportation was at an all-time low.  Traffic congestion and air pollution were ever-increasing problems as over 80% of the city’s residents made their trips in individual cars or 20-year old buses. In 2006, Mayor Nebot opened the first 15 kilometers of ...
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  • Latin American Cities Answer Poverty, Sprawl With Ecological Innovation

    Latin American Cities Answer Poverty, Sprawl With Ecological Innovation
    My mom would rush out with whatever bottles, jars and newspapers she had saved and exchange them for a few pesos with those Bogotános who eked out an existence in repurposed trash.  I didn’t think much about it then but I realize now that this type of recycling was an adaptation, an innovation if you ...
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