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...
Bogotá, Colombia’s Approach to Safe, Sustainable, and Accessible Transport
As with many global cities, the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic has led Bogotá to rethink its approach to sustainable mobility, improve access and...
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...
U.S. Working Group Calls on White House to Strengthen Guidance on Transport Emissions
Earlier this year, in January 2023, the Biden Administration’s White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released updated Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas...
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...
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