As part of the Our Cities Ourselves exhibit currently on view in Buenos Aires , Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, spoke about building sustainable cities for a greener future. She stressed the importance of bringing together experts and specialists in various fields and to…
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Last night hundreds of people gathered at the Museum of Architecture, MARQ, in Buenos Aires to celebrate the opening of the Our Cities Ourselves (Nuestras ciudades, nuestro futuro) exhibit. Guests included city government officials, students, architects, bicycle advocates, and curious passers-by coming in from the near by bike lane. Andrés Fingeret, director of ITDP Argentina, spoke to…
Guangzhou’s Bus Rapid Transit system is featured in “Design with the Other 90%: Cities,” the second in a series of themed exhibitions by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum that demonstrate how design can address the world’s most critical issues, opens Oct. 15 at the United Nations and runs through Jan. 9, 2012. The exhibition will include over…
Our Cities Ourselves opened today in Buenos Aires at MARQ, the Museo de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Sociedad Central de Arquitectos. The exhibition, organized jointly with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and MARQ, first opened in New York in June 2010 and has also been shown in Mexico City and Rio…
Velo-city is an annual conference that brings together over 1000 transportation leaders, experts and advocates from around the globe to discuss how to increase cycling. The 2011 event was held in Seville, Spain during the last week in March. A delegation from ITDP’s Mexico office shared their experiences and lessoned learned from the political to…
ITDP staff, including Executive Director Dr. Walter Hook, Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director and Founder, and John Ernst, Vice Director, South East Asia have contributed chapters to Urban Transport in the Developing World: A Handbook of Policy and Practice. This twenty chapter guide provides “a broad set of perspectives on the plight, possibilities and opportunities of…
An on-street parking spot is a veritable Holy Grail for drivers in bustling business districts. Metered rates are usually much cheaper than off-street garages—making the time wasted circling looking for a curbside spot well worth drivers’ time. And shoppers often compete for space with shopkeepers who arrive early and can monopolize prime parking all day…
Guangzhou won the Sustainable Transportation Award this year for its transportation innovations, including a new Bus Rapid Transit system that goes beyond “gold standard” BRT features such as dedicated running ways, pre-board fare collection and at-level platform boarding and provides direct service buses, stations and a fare system that is fully…