Interview with MOBILIZE Keynote, Mayor Veliaj of Tirana, Albania
How did you first become interested in the sustainable urban transport field?
Before joining politics, I was the leader and founder of a civic organization...
Compact & Electrified Cities Have the Potential to Massively Reduce Emissions
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Buses are Critical to Zero-Emission Mobility in Los Angeles
Los Angeles residents lose over 100 hours each year due to traffic congestion. For decades, freeways and single-family neighborhoods spread outward and parking consumed...
How Cycling Powers People and Economies
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Maximizing Potential by Connecting Micromobility and Transit
The COVID-19 pandemic uncovered many societal cracks – from healthcare, to affordable housing, to accessing essential needs like groceries. During this crisis, we saw...
Ensuring Access for All Persons with Disabilities
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Why Electric Vehicles are not a Climate Change Silver Bullet
The research is clear: without aggressively tackling rising global temperatures, there will be catastrophic global consequences within the coming decades. This year, reports have...
How ITDP India is ‘Gamifying’ Urban Transport Planning
In 2020, ITDP India launched two national programmes with the Government of India’s Smart Cities Mission — the India Cycles4Change and Streets4People Challenges — aimed at...
The Current Fuel Crisis Is An Opportunity to Reshape US Cities
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Keeping Pace: Opportunities for Change in Greater Boston’s Bus System
In the United States, public transit — especially bus systems — have long had a history of disinvestment and neglect that continues to exacerbate...
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