Reshaping Mexico’s Approach to Housing and Urban Sprawl
A common sight on the outskirts of many of Mexico’s cities is thousands of small, single-family houses sitting isolated inside gated communities. Often disjointed...
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...
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 Eight Elements of a Cycling City
The COVID-19 pandemic underscored long-standing inequity and unsustainability in how we move around our cities. As more and more urban dwellers chose cycling as...
What Is A Low Emission Zone?
In cities experiencing rapid urbanization especially, there is a need to shift away from both private cars and transition to electric vehicles to address...
Compact Electric Cities: The Only Way to 1.5°
To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and for a chance of limiting climate change to less than 1.5°C, neither vehicle electrification...
Keeping Pace: Opportunities for Change within Greater Boston’s Bus System
ITDP and LivableStreets Alliance’s Keeping Pace report shows that the MBTA bus system in Greater Boston has not kept up with surging service demand...
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...
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...
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...
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