Friday, April 25, 2025

How These Three Cities Are Scaling and Improving Urban Cycling

In 2021, ITDP launched the global Cycling Cities campaign to equip governments, planners, and advocates with tools and resources to make cycling a safer,...

Cycling Cities Start with Streets Designed for All Ages

The benefits of cycling over cars are evident: improved physical health, reduced transportation costs, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. However, despite these advantages, access...

The Path Ahead for Bikesharing

Bikeshare started appearing around 2005, as city governments contracted bikeshare equipment and operations with public funds (or advertising assets), making docked bikeshare a visible...

Catching the e-bike wave

Electric bikes have enormous potential to deliver affordable, clean, healthy and space-efficient transportation to the masses, but the feds and too many other leaders...

With the Launch of Cairo’s Bikeshare, Cycling Gains Momentum In Africa

For both urban residents and tourists alike, bikeshare programs are being seen as an environmentally friendly and cost-effective transport option, particularly as rising fuel...

How Cycling Powers People and Economies

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Riding Into A New Urban Agenda

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Insights from Cairo: Improving Mobility Through Bikeshare

Amid the global bikeshare boom, the call for bikeshare systems in African cities is gaining momentum. The unprecedented rate of urbanization and increased vehicle...

As the Impacts of Coronavirus Grow, Micromobility Fills in the Gaps

As the Impacts of Coronavirus Grow, Micromobility Fills in the Gaps At the time of this writing, COVID-19 is disrupting peoples’ daily lives in many...

Why Your City Doesn’t Have Enough Cyclists

Why Your City Doesn’t Have Enough Cyclists More people on bicycles on the streets benefit everyone in the city, even if they never get on...

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Exploring the Possibilities of BRT with ITDP’s SCOPE Web Tool

In February, the 2025 Sustainable Transport Award was given to Dakar, Senegal, with an honorable mention for Mexico City, for their world-class bus rapid...

What is BRT and Why Do Cities Need It?

From Boston to Mexico City to Jakarta, bus rapid transit (BRT) systems have transformed how people move and experience their cities worldwide. Since BRT’s initial conception...

Local jurisdictions can apply for federal safe streets funds until June 26

USDOT has released its Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY2025 round of the Safe Streets and Roads (SS4A) competitive grant program. Almost...

How This Chinese City Is Improving Governance of E-Bikes and Two-Wheelers

Nanning, located in Southern China and home to more than 8.5 million people, is often known as the country’s “Green City” because of its...