Thursday, April 3, 2025

The High Cost of Transportation in the United States

What does the average American pay to get around every day in 2024? What portion of their income is devoted to transportation? Is that...

How Compact, Electrified Cities Can Greatly Reduce Emissions and Costs in the US

New research finds that the United States could reduce public-sector expenditures on urban transport at local, state, and federal levels by a cumulative $2...

Sustainable Mobility Up, Climate Emissions Down

Cities around the world are leading the way towards a sustainable future – but without rapid transformation, climate emissions will continue to rise. Give...

Investing in Safe Cycle Lanes is Crucial to Jakarta’s Mobility Future

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jakarta implemented pop-up protected cycle lanes as one of the strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many...

Advocating for Safer Routes to School for Children Across Mexico

A growing epidemic of traffic injuries is devastating the next generation of children around the globe. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, traffic collisions are...

Reforming Off-Street Parking is the Key to Fewer Emissions and More Livable Cities

In ITDP’s Breaking the Code: Off-Street Parking Reform report, we take a closer look at these considerations and the outcomes of reforms by diving...

How Transport Planning in Brazil’s Cities Can Be More Inclusive of Women of Color

Brazil’s National Urban Mobility Policy has a core objective of reducing transport inequalities nationwide and promoting more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable mobility in...

20 Groups Call for Strengthening the USDOT’s Equity Action Plan

On behalf of 20 national and community-based groups representing millions of Americans, ITDP submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) asking...

The City As A Learning Lab: Experiences and Inspiration from Bogotá

For the first time since the pandemic, ITDP and MOBILIZE Program partners convened in-person in Bogotá, Colombia for multiple days of knowledge sharing, hands-on...

Why Road Safety is an Issue of Race and Equity in US Cities

This Juneteenth, it is crucial that the transport community continues to acknowledge the inequitable impacts of urban planning on low-income communities of color across...

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A need to rethink how we assess the health of our nation’s bridges

A year after the Key Bridge collapse, the National Transportation Safety Board is urging the owners of 68 bridges across the U.S. to assess...

Revitalizing Mexico City’s Historic Buenavista Central Station

The current iteration of Buenavista Station debuted in the 1960s and continues to serve as a vital lifeline for thousands of commuters every day....

Shifting gears: Gender equity in transit

Gender inequities in transportation systems have often overlooked women’s travel and safety needs. From biased crash testing to undervalued non-work trips, this Women’s History...

The country’s civil engineers agree: $1.5 trillion didn’t produce good infrastructure

Despite historic levels of investment in infrastructure over the last twenty years, America’s 2025 infrastructure grades for roads, bridges, safety, and transit look mostly...