2022: The Year of the Bicycle
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen shifts in how and where people travel. The low vehicle volumes due to initial...
ITDP Launches Cycling Cities Campaign at COP26
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) officially launches its global Cycling Cities Campaign while at the UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow
Glasgow, United Kingdom...
Cycling Is Booming and Not Just Where You Think
For many years, cycling has been overlooked as a viable transportation option outside of a few European cities. However, this perspective is finally starting...
Bicycles: The Future Mode for Traffic Choked Jakarta
No single event in modern times has had a larger global impact than the COVID-19 pandemic. It has disrupted our lives, exposed our inequalities,...
Cycling and Mexico City: Better than Before
Mexico City already has one of the world’s best bike-share systems. This year, Avenida de los Insurgentes, one of the longest avenues, got an...
Join ITDP in Taking Cycling Worldwide
After experiencing a year like no other, which exposed so many fault lines and illuminated new urban mobility challenges, cycling has resurfaced as a...
Sustainable Resolutions for a New Year
Looking toward a better 2021.
With such a difficult year behind us, it feels impossible to make resolutions fearing they may jinx an already chaotic...
Density is Not the Problem: COVID-19 and Cities
September marks six months since New York City imposed it’s PAUSE restrictions which encouraged people to stay indoors as much as possible and forced...
In Ethiopia, New Leadership Embraces Transport Solutions to Fight Climate Change
In Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, over half of daily trips are taken on foot. This rapidly growing city, home to over three...
Quiz: How Bike-Friendly is Your City?
There are a range of beliefs all around the world of what makes a city bike-friendly. Some point to the most visible factors, such...
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Step outside on a busy street in any major city, and the air tells a story. It carries the smell of engines, the haze...
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2026 Sustainable Transport Award Honors Salvador, Brazil, for its Expansion of Bus Rapid Transit
ITDP and the Sustainable Transport Award Committee are proud to announce Dakar, Senegal as the winner of the 2025 Sustainable Transport Award on the...
