In cities around the globe, artists, activists, and NGOs transformed parking spaces on September 21st into temporary public parks and social spaces as part of the annual “Park(ing) Day” event. The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) participated in Park(ing) Day 2012 with events in three cities: Buenos Aires, Jakarta, and Rio de Janeiro….
Author: Nneka Njoku
Park(ing) Day offers a chance for people to transform their streets. Parking reform offers cities a way to balance space for people and cars in the long-term. Since 2005, Park(ing) Day has been challenging citizens everywhere to convert curbside parking into temporary pop-up parks and more. This raises public awareness about issues ITDP has long…
Pune, traditionally known as the “city of cyclists,” and having built over 100 kilometers of cycle tracks, presently suffers from poor state of pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. A recent CAI-Asia report in 2011 states, “residential, educational areas and public transport terminals lack proper footpaths and other facilities that leaves pedestrians competing with vehicles for space,…
By Kumar Manish, ITDP India On September 1, ITDP India, in partnership with 4th Wheel, an Ahmedabad-based corporate social responsibility research and advocacy group, conducted a street audit of pedestrian activity on two of the busiest streets in the city. Twenty participants spent three hours of Saturday morning walking on the streets of Ahmedabad observing…
By Andrés Fingeret, ITDP Argentina Director On Tuesday, subways finally began rolling again in Buenos Aires after a massive, 10-day strike that had over a million commuters waiting, sometimes hours, for overcrowded buses. The suspension of the strike is part of a tentative deal by union leaders. The system’s operator, Metrovias, has agreed to a…
By Anna Bray Sharpin, ITDP Brazil On Sunday the world watched as London’s Mayor Boris Johnson handed over the Olympic flag to IOC President Jacques Rogge who then presented it to Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes in one of the centerpiece moments of the 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony. The following eight minutes of “mini carnival” gave…
TEEMP is a suite of excel-based, free-of-charge, suite of spreadsheet models and methods that can be used to evaluate the greenhouse gas (GHG), air pollution, and other impacts of many types of transportation projects. Download the Model Source: CAI-Asia and ITDP Last updated: April 2015 The TEEMP tools were initially developed by the Clean Air Initiative…
An important regional hub in eastern India, Ranchi has historically been a cycling and walking-centric city with narrow streets and dense urban fabric. But with its outward expansion, there is higher demand for mobility and increased use of motorized transport, leading to congestion & safety issues. Thus this report looks at identifying existing travel demand…
by Michael Kodransky, ITDP Mexico City has enacted on-street parking reform for the first time in years. In April this year, the City’s Polanco district, an upmarket residential neighborhood, completed implementation of a new parking management system, introducing 426 multispace meters to streets where parking had previously been free. The new system is branded ecoParq underscoring…