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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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  • Diseño operacional del sistema BRT en Cartagena

    Diseño operacional del sistema BRT en Cartagena
    El proyecto del sistema de transporte TRANSCARIBE de la ciudad de Cartagena está en fase de implantación por parte de las autoridades. Desde el año 2002 se trabaja activamente en todos los componentes del nuevo sistema de transporte. En este documento se presentan los avances en cuanto al diseño operacional de TransCaribe, esto es, en la ...
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  • Indonesia and India Livable Cities Project

    Indonesia and India Livable Cities Project
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  • ITDP Seeks to Help Third World Cities Avoid Congestion and Auto Dependency of First World

    ITDP Seeks to Help Third World Cities Avoid Congestion and Auto Dependency of First World
    TPR spoke with Executive Director Walter Hook about what the Third World is learning from the West, and what the West—and L.A.—can learn from the Third World. Last month the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) sponsored a talk by former Mayor of Bogotá Enrique Peñalosa, which attracted a large audience of transportation experts, community ...
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  • Cartagena BRT System Map

    Cartagena BRT System Map
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  • Remembering the Tsunami

    The earthquake triggered a series of massive tsunamis that spread throughout the Indian Ocean, killing large numbers of people and devastating coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia, including parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. Recent numbers show a total of 229,866 people were lost, including 186,983 dead and 42,883 missing. The magnitude of ...
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  • Position Paper on the Delhi High Court Decision to Ban Cycle Rickshaws on Old Delhi Roads

    Position Paper on the Delhi High Court Decision to Ban Cycle Rickshaws on Old Delhi Roads
    On May 17th, 2006, the Delhi High Court passed an order directing the Municipal Corporation of Delhi – (1) “not to grant any licenses in future for plying Cycle Rickshaws on Delhi roads”, and (2) complete ban on plying of cycle rickshaws in ‘Chandni Chowk’ area (Walled City) and introduce the CNG buses in the area to replace rickshaws.” ITDP ...
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  • Colombia city makes a U-turn

    Colombia city makes a U-turn
    A decade ago, the Bosa slum was the black hole of Bogotá. Its darkest corner was Laurel Park, a grassless, trash-strewn lot with open sewage and gun-toting gangs bent on muggings and murder. Today, Bosa has paved streets, new schools, health clinics and cafeterias, and links to a new mass transit system. Laurel Park has been ...
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  • Why Delhi needs cycle-rickshaws

    Why Delhi needs cycle-rickshaws
    A court ban and motor-vehicle-driven transport and road development policies of the government are driving rickshaws towards an uncertain future. This puts at stake the livelihood of lakhs of rickshaw-pullers in the city. Though no official data is available, it is estimated that there are six lakh cycle-rickshaws (only 89,429 are licensed) and four lakh goods ...
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  • Mayors are taking over the world

    Mayors are taking over the world
    Bill Clinton, a man whose self-deprecating charm has carried him far in life, likes to tell a story about his appearance on a Shanghai radio show. It was a historic event: The president of the United States would field questions from everyday citizens in a nation notorious for its tight lock on information. But to Clinton’s surprise, ...
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  • Revitalizing São Paulo’s City Center (Issue 18, 2006)

    Revitalizing São Paulo’s City Center (Issue 18, 2006)
    Letter from the Executive Director: Discovering Magic in the Cities of Tomorrow • The Bicycle: Ready for Rollout in Brazil • Now “Made in China”: Bus Rapid Transit • South Africa’s Legacy or Lost Opportunity?: The 2010 World Cup and Beyond • The BRT Buzz in India • City Center Revitalization: Tapping São Paulo’s Global ...
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