March 07, 2011 On February 27 ITDP and the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) organized the Surat Cycle Rally: Pedal for a Green Surat, supported by the Surat traffic police and Kendriya Vidyalaya. Surat MP Darshana Jardosh and Mayor Raju Desai addressed the crowd of 300 cyclists and…
Author: Nneka Njoku
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 2011 Contact: Dani Simons dsimons@itdp.org The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy condemns the action of the driver who drove directly into a group of cyclists participating in a Critical Mass ride in Porto Alegre, Brazil this past Friday evening, injuring ten and sending eight to the hospital. Sadly, cyclists…
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) hosted New York City Commissioners Janette Sadik-Khan and Amanda Burden last week in a seminar titled ‘New York to Joburg: Remaking Cities using Transport’ also featuring Rehana Moosajee, Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Transportation and Lisa Seftel, Executive Director of the Department of Transportation in the City of…
By Samuel Frommer, ITDP Argentina Progress is moving full steam ahead on the construction of Buenos Aires’s new bus rapid transit system, Metrobus. The 12 km (7.5 mi) corridor is expected to open this May,connecting two major train stations on opposite ends of the city, as well as two subway lines. The fully accessible,…
ISTANBUL – Metrobus, a public transit system in Istanbul, received the honorable mention award at the “Sustainable Transportation Awards 2009.” The award, given each year to a city that has provided an innovative transportation strategy, is given by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, or ITDP. The working project should lessen the impact of…
The City of Buenos Aires’ bike share program opened its newest station last week, bringing the system to nine stations and 200 bicycles. The system launched last December with just 3 stations and 100 bicycles but has quickly expanded. Bicing, as it is commonly referred to, has quickly become very popular in Buenos Aires…
Over 350 people celebrated the opening of Our Cities Ourselves – or Nuestras Ciudades, Nuestro Futuro as it is known in Mexico – earlier this month in Mexico City at the Museo Franz Mayer. The show has been enthusiastically received, with over 80 articles, television spots and radio broadcasts to date, including strong coverage in…
Today the U.S. House of Representatives heard testimony from leading experts as they prepared to write the next federal transportation bill. ITDP’s Global Policy Director and Founder, Michael Replogle’s testimony outlined steps for Congress to get America’s transportation investments moving smarter and faster: (1) ensure adequate funding for environmental and resource agencies to be involved…
The Testimony of Michael Replogle, Global Policy Director and Founder for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Hearing on Accelerating the Project Delivery Process: Eliminating Bureaucratic Red Tape and Making Every Dollar Count, Tuesday, February 15, 2011,…