Dakar, Senegal Receives the 2025 Sustainable Transport Award as the STA Program Celebrates 20...
Dakar, Senegal is the recipient of the 2025 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) in recognition of its efforts to promote sustainable and inclusive mobility centered...
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Comprehensive and considered public transport regulation is essential to ensuring the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of bus systems, especially in large metropolitan areas in...
Mexico City’s Cablebús Shows Us the Potential of Urban Cable Cars
Urban cable cars can be a sustainable, reliable, and efficient transport solution, but their success depends on the ability of the system to meet...
How Sustainable Mobility Supports Tourism in This Indonesian City
How can more pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit-oriented development help support the growth of tourism areas in cities? Research has found that there is...
The Cities and BRT Systems Newly Scored with the 2024 BRT Standard
Five cities and their Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems across the United States and Mexico have received updated scores and designations in accordance with...
In China, Public Transport Can Be at the Forefront of Energy Innovation
To reduce emissions from China’s transport sector, one of the world’s largest emitters and economies, sustained innovation and transformation is needed in the way...
Better Together: Walkable Cities and Public Transport
Every year, World Pedestrian Day is recognized in August – not to celebrate the importance of walking – but to acknowledge the importance of...
Our Cities Need More People Near Frequent and Rapid Public Transport
Traditionally, the quality and reach of a city’s public transport system is measured in number of kilometers, number of stops, ridership, or speed. These...
Building Momentum for Transport Electrification in Indonesia
Worsening congestion is not only occurring in Jakarta, but on roads around the borders of cities like Tanggerang, Surabaya, and Bandung which continue to be packed...
Why Cities Need Public Transport To Be Well-Funded, Equitable, and Resilient
Over the course of a year, the MOBILIZE Learning Lab convened by ITDP and VREF convened global transport researchers and advocates to discuss the...
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2026 Sustainable Transport Award Honors Salvador, Brazil, for its Expansion of Bus Rapid Transit
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