by Claudia Gunter, ITDP The city of Guangzhou, China, officially opened the 22.5-kilometer Guangzhou bus rapid transit system, known as GBRT, on February 21, after a ten-day test run over the Chinese New Year holiday period. The GBRT is a system of firsts: it is the first BRT to directly connect to a metro system,…
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By Jonas Hagen Update: Read Transporte Ativo’s blog post on Michael King’s visit here. Every pedestrian killed by motor vehicles on city streets is a result of policy decisions that favor vehicle speed over pedestrian safety. This was the message that Michael King brought to Rio de Janeiro, who led field visits and during the week…
by Ana Peñalosa After a year of planning, Mexico City launched its first public bike system, called Ecobici, on February 16. The system, which features 1,114 bikes and 85 stations, is part of the new Bicycle Mobility Strategy of Mexico City, which seeks to raise the number of cyclists in the city from one percent…
ITDP’s Bus Rapid Transit Planning Guide is now available in Spanish. The culmination of over five years of efforts to document and improve the state of the art in cost-effective public transport solutions for cities, the BRT Guide is also available in English and in Chinese. The current edition, expanded to over 800 pages, includes contributions from a wide range…
U.S. Parking Policies: An Overview of Management Strategies” highlights best practices in parking management in the United States. In the last decade, some municipalities have reconsidered poorly conceived parking policies to address a host of negative impacts resulting from private automobile use such as traffic congestion and climate change. Unchecked, these policies have proven to be a major barrier to…
Press Contact: Claudia Gunter, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (646) 839-6479, cgunter@itdp.org New Report Finds Greener, Cheaper Alternatives to “Free” Parking Report Examines High Costs of Parking, Offers Sustainable, Better Practice, Alternatives for U.S. Policy Makers New York, NY, February 23, 2010—Ninety-nine percent of all U.S. driving trips end in a free parking space, but…
Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia, and ITDP Board President, participated in the launch of Rio de Janeiro’s Climate Change Action Plan on July 27, 2009. That plan envisions an 8 % reduction in greenhouse gases by 2012, a 16 % reduction by 2014, and a 20 % reduction by 2020. Mr. Peñalosa told…
by Jonas Hagen, ITDP Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was a big winner on 13 January 2010, when Brazil’s federal government announced the large urban transportation projects that it will finance for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Marcio Fortes, Minister of the Ministry of Cities, said the federal government was funding projects that could be implemented…
On February 22, 2010, The New York Times ran an article exploring the ways that Johannesburg, South Africa’s new bus rapid transit system has brought economic opportunity to some of the city’s poorest and most disadvantaged residents. In doing so, the new transit system has challenged entrenched interests in a country with a long history of racial…