Moving is a time to reevaluate the stuff you own. Boxes of family photos? Coming. That ratty old couch? Not coming. But what if you could leave something even bigger behind? Like your car? New developments are often associated with sprawl and more driving. But eight communities across Europe demonstrate there is a different model….
Author: Nneka Njoku
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has developed eight principles designed to create more sustainable cities that produce less carbon emissions. Our Cities Ourselves: 8 Principles for Transport in Urban Life shows how cities from New York to Nairobi can meet the challenges of rapid population growth and climate change while improving their competitiveness….
This year all of ITDP’s field offices participated in Park(ing) Day, or supported a local non-governmental organization that organized an event. Here are some photos of our Park(ing) Day events! View more photos of the Parking Day Events here. See more on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ITDP.org
For the past six years on September 16th advocates, planners, bureaucrats and artists have joined forces to create mini pop-up parks in curbside spaces, generally reserved for cars. All this is part of a global movement called “Park(ing) Day” which uses these fun new public spaces to call attention to what is ordinarily a touchy…
Sep 21, 2011 Recognizing the critical importance of parking management as part of a holistic effort to promote sustainable transport, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has initiated the process of developing a parking policy for the city. Rajkot’s problems relating to parking policy and other traffic and transport issues were discussed at a workshop organized…
Livable today, sustainable for the future. The principles outlined here will help cities significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving the quality of life. Citizens of the world do not want to sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic. They do not want to walk in mud, not feel threatened on a simple bike ride to work. They want to…
By Maricha Friedman ITDP Chief Executive Officer Walter Hook recently completed teaching a two week course, “The Theory and Practice of Sustainable and Equitable Transportation Planning”, at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Niteroi, Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro. The course focused on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) potential in Niteroi but also on parking reform, congestion…
Yesterday, the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago released a report which calls on the City and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to create a robust bus rapid transit network on 10 Chicago streets, each of which would have a dedicated lane for BRT. The MPC invited ITDP board president and former Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia Enrique Peñalosa,…
前言 在2010 年广州市修建了1000 多公里的绿道，成为了广州市民 休闲娱乐的新去处。对于广州市，这个项目的意义却远远不止改善居民生活的品质，之外绿道还倡导了“绿色出行，低碳生活”的新理念。 虽然广州绿道取得卓越成绩，但是还存在一些不完善之处，怎样使绿道更具吸引力，提高绿道的使用效率，更人性化。如何与人民日常生活通勤结合，如何使绿道被更多的人喜爱和使用，是我们面临的现实问题和挑战。 通过绿道与慢行交通及城市市政路网有效结合，可为城市营造出更安全，更具活力，更幸福宜居的环境，以提高城市竞争力及宜居性。 通过对广州已建绿道的调研，并以珠江新城为案例，借鉴国际上绿道实施的成功经验，提出珠江新城绿道的改善方案，这些 措施简单，易实施，花费不大，不会对社会交通造成负面影响，可快速实施。