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[/panel][WEBINAR] Indicators For Sustainable Mobility
January 14, 2019
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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 ...Read MoreITDP Announces New CEO Heather Thompson
September 19, 2018
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 ...Read MoreBus Rapid Transit Nearly Quadruples Over Ten Years
November 17, 2014
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 ...Read MoreITDP Releases New Study on Climate Change Ahead of UN Climate Summit
September 17, 2014
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 ...Read MoreUnjamming the future
October 2, 2005
I am sitting in the back of a motionless taxi on the way from New York’s JFK airport to a meeting in the city. It’s a blazing hot spring morning—a preview of global warming, I wonder? I felt vaguely guilty about hailing a cab to research a story on innovative ideas in transportation, especially when I ...Read MoreLegislative Reform for Transport and Air Quality in Mexico – Case Study Germany
August 22, 2005
A case study of the structures and practice of transport and air quality planning in Germany. This white paper was presented at the CEMDA/ITDP International Seminar in Mexico City, and the paper draws lessons from the German context to apply in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area.Read MoreNew U.S. Transport Bill Short on Vision, Long on Pork
August 1, 2005
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 earmarks for the pet ...Read MoreShenzhen, China Promotes Car-Free Days and Car Restrictions
August 1, 2005
Resident-led actions include the organization of the city’s second annual “Green Action Day” in early June. Similar to car-free days in other countries, on this day all citizens are encouraged to take buses or ride bicycles to work. Area residents quoted in the Shenzhen News pointed to Amsterdam as a useful model for bicycle network ...Read MoreGuayaquil, Ecuador BRT Begins Construction
August 1, 2005
Metrovía is expected to start operations in February 2006. 36 pre-boarding stations will be built in 400- to 500-meter intervals along this corridor during the initial phase, connecting terminals such as Río Daule that lie at each end of the city. Seven feeder routes are planned for the southern portion of the corridor, and eight ...Read MoreMexico City Launches Metrobus BRT System
August 1, 2005
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 emissions, Metrobus represents one of two primary transport solutions that ...Read MoreHyderabad, India Betting the Bank on Elevated Rail
August 1, 2005
In the spring, however, after a round of staff changes, Hyderabad’s urban development authorities made an interim recommendation to pursue a three-corridor, elevated rail system, based on a proposal from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). While not yet finalized, the system is to be financed through a build-operate-transfer scheme. The ITDP pre-feasibility study found that ...Read MoreTransport and the Millennium Development Goals
July 21, 2005
While the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) do not specifically make reference to transportation issues, transportation projects and programs have an enormous impact on both the poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability goals. Transportation issues are dealt with directly in Agenda 21, the Global Plan of Action for Habitat II, and the proceedings of the Commission for Sustainable Development #9, and in ...Read MoreInstitutional and Regulatory Reform Options for TransJakarta BRT System
June 1, 2005
Jakarta’s new bus rapid transit system, TransJakarta, opened on January 15, 2004. It has proved a dramatic success in providing faster bus service for some Jakarta residents at a very modest cost. Several technical aspects of the system can be improved, and incorporated into designs of additional corridors as they are built. These issues are outlined in Trans-Jakarta Bus ...Read MoreFuji Ships Bicycles to Southeast Asia for Help in Tsunami Relief
June 1, 2005
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 after having their homes and villages destroyed. It is estimated ...Read More