The latest annual survey on parking fees in central business districts worldwide has revealed that Jakarta is the second-cheapest city to park a car. According to the 2009 Global CBD Parking Rate Survey, conducted by property consultant Colliers International and released on its official website last week, Jakarta’s average monthly parking fee is US$27.20, higher…
Author: Nneka Njoku
The city administration will allocate part of its budget to buying a fleet of Transjakarta Busway buses for corridors 9 and 10. Deputy Governor Prijanto said Thursday the administration would propose Rp 75 billion (US$7.3 million) from this year’s revised budget as a down payment for the purchase, and to continue the procurement process in…
Esquina das ruas Rodolfo Dantas com Ministro Viveiros de Castro Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro (Cyclist Counts in Rio & Copacabana on Rodolfo Dantas Ruas)
More than 20 members of the Indonesian Tintin Lovers Community conducted Tour de Busway on Saturday as part of a campaign to promote environmentally friendly and healthy lifestyles in the city. The fans of the world-famous Belgian cartoon character attempted to popularize the TransJakarta bus route, popularly known as the Busway, among Jakarta residents as…
New laws requiring disabled pedestrians to wear traffic signs have met with frustration and derision in Indonesia, where in the eyes of the law cars have taken priority over people. The laws will do nothing to improve road safety or ease the traffic that is choking the life out of the capital city of some…
When he became mayor of Bogota in Colombia in 1998, Enrique Peñalosa made it one of his priorities to make life easier for pedestrians and cyclists. Eleven years later, the city has expanded cycle paths and pedestrian zones and improved parks. Every Sunday and public holiday, over 120km of streets are closed to motor vehicles from…
The Chamber of Commerce in Bogotá, in partnership with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), hosted the second ever “Bike Week” in the city on June 8-13, 2009, drawing a record number of participants. Transportation experts from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States gave presentations at the event, generating…
PUNE: Even as both Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad are planning separately for Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRTS) in their respective cities, planning without any coordination between the two municipal corporations may eventually lead to problems and confusion for commuters. The point was driven home at a workshop on public transport planning and reforms for Pune and…
The former mayor of Bogota, Enrique Penalosa, was awarded the Gothenburg Prize for Sustainable Development for his design and application of urban development in Colombia’s capital city. Penalosa’s urban development model includes more public spaces, the Transmilenio, an extensive network of cycle paths, the ‘pico y placa’ system that allows car owners only to use…