Transforming a vibrant and diverse metropolis like Mexico City is no easy task. But consistent progress, led by elected officials and citizen groups alike, is leading to impressive results. On International Pedestrian Day, Mayor Miguel Mancera (above, centered) announced a new Vision Zero policy which will improve safety and comfort for pedestrians across the city….
Author: Nneka Njoku
Between the late 1980s and 2010, the city of Guangzhou doubled in population, expanding from 6 to 12 million residents. To accommodate Guangzhou’s rapid urbanization, many farmlands were transformed into urban land and used for new developments. As rural areas became dense city, with millions of migrants taking up residence in housing blocks, the ‘urban…
The City of Osh, in southwest Kyrgyzstan, is looking to modernize its transport system and urban development to support vibrant, livable spaces for people. Kyrgyzstan is a land locked country in Central Asia, surrounded by Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and China. As the second largest city in the country, after the capital, Bishkek, Osh has a…
The evening of Sunday August 2nd representatives of 193 countries and several hundred advocates from civil society welcomed a new global vision for the future with euphoric standing ovation. The agreement, “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, includes 17 new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the world. Their approval represents an enormous achievement…
Accessing funding for high quality BRT just got easier. This year, the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) adopted the ITDP BRT Standard as the official criteria for certifying BRT projects as eligible for Climate Bond financing, a move that can help attract new funders to high quality projects. Now, to be eligible for the certification under…
Let’s empower women with transport choices – become a member or give to ITDP in August during our annual summer fundraising campaign. Nidhi Sharma is a twenty year old college student in Ranchi, India. Her freedom is limited by the fact that she has to be home before 7:30pm, when the city transport services shut…
In the past decade, the world has seen car sharing go mainstream, bike sharing become a global trend, and hundreds of startups stake their claim to reinventing transport. The new systems, collectively known as shared mobility, reflect the rise of both the on-demand and sharing economies. These dual economic phenomena are changing the way everyone from car owners to…
Parking in Kiev, Ukraine is visibly chaotic. Drivers park their cars everywhere—on the sidewalk, in crosswalks, in moving lanes, on playgrounds, in public plazas, on grass and seemingly wherever a surface space can be accessed. Though a municipal enterprise, known as KyivTransParkService (KTPS), oversees payments in officially sanctioned spaces, there is still rampant illegal parking,…
For the first time, the Mexican Ministry of Finance has proposed dedicated funding for sustainable mobility in the federal budget. Despite support in recent years at the policy level for sustainable mobility, the federal government has previously stopped short of dedicating funding for the issue. Now, in its proposal for the 2016 budget, the Ministry…