The innovative enforcement program, which tracks drivers based on vehicle license plates, was an initiative created by the head of Guangzhou’s traffic police. Due to a deluge of photos, the department is now taking steps to tighten the conditions of offering a reward. Digital images are not accepted, and both a print and negative must…
Author: Nneka Njoku
The workshop brought together representatives of municipalities, citizen groups, NGOs, researchers and policy-makers from Senegal, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as representatives of specialized agencies such as GTZ, ITDG, UN Habitat and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). Once fully operational, SUSTRAN-Africa is expected to build on a nascent sustainable transport projects being promoted…
Shanghai papers reported this week that the city plans to ban bicycles from all major roads next year, clearing space for private vehicles to ease the city’s mounting congestion. Police will also raise fines tenfold for such cycling infractions as running red lights. Despite previous restrictions on bicycle use in the city, the number of…
The following report is a summary of the technical issues surrounding the implementation of the TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, scheduled to open in January 2004. It was compiled by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, based on numerous visits by staff and technical consultants, between October 2002 and December of 2003. It was drafted for the following…
The Sourcebook on Sustainable Urban Transport addresses the key areas of sustainable transport policy framework for a developing city. It is intended for policy-makers in developing cities, and their advisors. This target audience is reflected in the context, which provides policy tools appropriate for application in a range of developing cities. The Sourcebook consists of 30 modules and was…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lisa Peterson, 212-629-8001, lpeterson@itdp.org The Ghana AIDS Commission, in cooperation with UNAIDS, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and the Republic of Ghana’s Ministry of Health, has launched a campaign to raise public awareness about AIDS through bicycle rides. Two rides, one through all of Ghana’s 11 regions and one…
Thanks to the efforts of a local NGO, Vankovka, a new development in Brno, Czech Republic will preserve an historic brownfield site and incorporate community services into new mall development. The site was purchased by the city of Brno and will be developed by the German firm ECE. Next to a new shopping mall, in…
Toll road promoters received a boost in July when President Megawati suggested that eight suspended toll road projects, including the one through Surabaya, were to move forward. Since then, the Mayor and other elected leaders, who are from the same political party as the president, have felt pressure to refrain from public criticism of the…
Based on the results of the Commission’s evaluation, two projects have been given new life – a light rail project developed in 1994 and a bus restructuring proposal created in 1995. Though the light rail project was never completed, the infrastructure was partially built. Work on light rail infrastructure will restart in October, while the…