Tuesday, January 21, 2025

To Tackle Staffing Shortages, Boston’s Bus System Can Learn from These Global Cities

US cities need practical, creative solutions to improve its faltering public transit systems. In the Greater Boston area in particular, where ITDP US has...

Ideamos: An Innovative and Collaborative Program to Transform Urban Mobility in Mexico

To pilot and advance ideas for the future of Mexico’s cities, ITDP Mexico launched the Ideamos program in 2020 with the aim of promoting...

Reconnecting the Hill District to downtown Pittsburgh

In its heyday, the historic Hill District neighborhood was bursting with life. It was full of opportunities and culture; residents treasured it. After slowly...

Why Trans and Queer Visibility on Public Transport Matters

There are two transgender holidays. The International Transgender Day of Remembrance is honored every November 20th. It is a memorial. Practically every member of...

Doing justice to Justice40

USDOT has finally added more substance to their plan to implement the Biden administration’s Justice40 Initiative. Despite some questions about how many programs can...

The long fight for connectivity in Milwaukee

Successfully halting construction on the Park East Freeway in Milwaukee in 1977 was a major early win for advocates. But removing highways is more...

Mobility’s Future is Fossil Fuel-Free

The catastrophic weather events of the past year demand that we grapple with the realities of an increasingly unpredictable global climate brought on by...

Mobility’s Future is Fossil-Free

The catastrophic weather events of the past year demand that we grapple with the realities of an increasingly unpredictable global climate brought on by...

Eliminating driver error doesn’t work. What does? Part I

Billions of dollars in new federal highway funding are flowing into road safety programs, so we wanted to review the research on which interventions...

Your questions about the Reconnecting Communities Program, answered

The Reconnecting Communities Program is a new funding opportunity passed under the 2021 infrastructure law, and there’s a lot to learn about what it...

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Art meets action: Revitalizing West Baltimore

In West Baltimore, our partners West North Avenue Development Authority (WNADA), Graham Projects, and Open Works hosted a community engagement pop-up to redesign West...

Time’s up! What wins has Biden notched and what has he left incomplete on...

In November 2020, we sent the incoming Biden administration a memo outlining immediate and longer-term actions we urged the new president to initiate. Four...

Los Angles Needs to Fireproof Communities, Not Just Houses

As houses continue to burn in Los Angeles, officials have already started talking about rebuilding the city. “We’re going to rebuild this remarkable community...

Riding into 2025, We Face a Pivotal Moment for Urban Cycling 

As we begin 2025, we stand at a critical point in the journey toward achieving global sustainability targets, particularly in transportation. The year marks...