On Monday this week at 2:45pm, the 100,000th cyclist registered on the Cyclist Counter in downtown Mexico City. As the Cyclist Counter has been located outside the new Reforma 222 building since November 16, 2013, the impressive figure was reached in just 2 months. ITDP Mexico recognized the City of Mexico as the 2013 “Ciclociudad”…
Author: Nneka Njoku
Last night, the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, became the 2014 winner of the 9th annual Sustainable Transport Award. The City is receiving this international honor for their improvements to urban mobility, reduction of CO2 emissions, and improvement of safety for pedestrians and cyclists in the past year. The award was received by Buenos Aires Secretary…
Three years ago, Rio de Janeiro had more than 2.8 million privately owned cars, a number that is expected to reach over 3 million by 2015. The city’s road network can’t accommodate these increases, leading to more traffic congestion and increased travel times. According to a survey conducted in 2009, ‘Cariocas’ (Rio residents) spend an…
With the release of the TOD Standard 2.0 in November 2013, ITDP updated the guidelines and metrics for best practices in transport oriented development and kicked off the process of applying the new scorecard to urban development. The TOD Standard is an assessment, recognition and policy tool focused on integrating sustainable transport and land…
Traffic Jam is a film to promote public transport. Around the world, private car ownership is not only a growing a source of greenhouse gas emissions, but is also leading to increased traffic congestion, air pollution, and mounting social disparities, particularly in cities. ITDP strongly believes that safe, modern, and efficient public transport can help…
Hazardous levels of air pollution, severe traffic congestion, and urbanization are daily topics of conversation across China, boosting interest in a new report to which ITDP contributed. Top China government officials, including the Premier Li Keqiang and the State Council, were pleased to receive the findings of a 9-month joint European Commission-Government of China study on Green…
Car sharing is a model of car rental, available in over 1000 cities in many nations, where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. They are attractive to customers who need only occasional use of a vehicle, as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle of a different type…
The culmination of a site visit, focused working group and continued analysis, ITDP Brazil recently released a report recommending several changes to a BRT station planned for the Bonsucesso neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The report draws on input from city officials and planners, recommending changes to the station’s name, location, and design. As the…
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a small but critical source of climate finance and has built an investment portfolio that addresses emissions from the transport sector in developing and transitioning countries. The GEF has invested more than $3.6 billion in mitigating climate change since its inception. Unfortunately, there has been consistent under-investment in the…