Illustration by Jeff Soto AS WE RIDE UP TO THE FISH FARM, a mob of women crushes against the tall metal gates. They have walked here through suffocating heat and humidity, from mud huts dotting the Western Sahara veldt, carrying tin basins on their heads. Packed together, they are desperate, determined, on the verge of…
Author: Nneka Njoku
One of the most serious problems of the Colombian educational system is the ever increasing rate of student turnover, stemming among other reasons from the fact that parents cannot afford to pay for their children’s transportation to school. Most of these kids must walk several kilometers every day to get to their schools, as other…
In 2002, Thailand’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) awarded 14 municipalities 500,000 baht for a feasibility study of bicycle lanes. Lamphun’s government has proposed a 33.2 km network of bicycle routes, at a cost 220 million baht, which must be approved by a committee in the EPPO. Bicycle culture is already strong in Lamphun…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jakarta’s new bus system, which opens its first stretch tomorrow, will save passengers up to an hour in travel time, according to international transportation experts. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) issued a preliminary draft of a 100-plus page report today assessing the TransJakarta bus system. Based on reviews performed…
Letter from the President: Celebrating ITDP’s 20th Anniversary • Letter From the Executive Director: Automobile Dependency and the Global Culture War: Lessons from Bogotá • Using Bicycles to Save Lives • Congestion Charging: Can it Work in Sao Paulo? • The California Bike Coalition Comes of Age • Countering Car Culture, One Trip at a…
This report represents the results of two preliminary studies of the feasibility for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Dakar, Senegal. The report is not intended to indicate that decisions about many critical issues have already been taken. This report is rather intended to give a general idea to Senegalese decision makers about the range of options that are available…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson, 212-629-8001, lpeterson@itdp.org Ben Armatage, Peace Corps Volunteer, Office: 051-60496, Mobile: 024-331897 The 4th Annual HIV/AIDS Bike Ride will begin in Jakubu with a community rally. The mobile outreach team will then continue by bicycle through more than 20 communities, where HIV/AIDS educational presentations will be given. Past large-scale HIV/AIDS Bike…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson – 212-629-8001 Donation of the bicycles was made possible by a partnership between Tour D’Afrique and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), an NGO based in New York City, with generous support from the Rotary Club Leusden in Holland. The new six speed bicycles, designed for African…
On shifting the balance: “We have to deal with the engineers and the planners. They have all been taught at university that you have to accommodate the cars on the road. But in my view the people come first and the cars come secondary. If you look at both Bogotá and Curitiba that is the…