Monday, May 12, 2025

In This Indonesian City, Green Corridors Are Key to Bolstering Public Transit

Despite having a much smaller regional budget than the capital city Jakarta, the Central Java city of Semarang has successfully developed a progressive public bus system known as Trans Semarang. Trans Semarang was launched in...

Deep-Dive into BRT on ITDP’s Learning Hub

ITDP is excited to share our Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Resource Hub. Following the success of ITDP’s previous courses focused cycling cities and babies,...

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...

Africa’s Future Depends on Investments into Compact, Electric Cities

Africa’s urbanization is accelerating the demand for sustainable transport solutions. However, current investments are still heavily skewed towards private vehicle infrastructure, leading to traffic...

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...

Too Much Urban Space is Used for Parking. What Can We Do About It?

Conversations about livability in cities often focus on the elements that enable people to access jobs and economic opportunities, social networks, proximity to education...

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...

Visualizing Urban Accessibility in Mexico and Beyond

As part of ITDP Mexico’s Ideamos program, which focused on implementing innovative mobility-related pilot projects, a data-driven visualizer tool was developed to highlight accessibility...

Building housing near transit takes change at every level

Advancing equitable transit-oriented development requires all hands at the community level, but leadership at the state and federal level can also help propel change. Development...

Building housing near transit takes change at every level

Advancing equitable transit-oriented development requires all hands at the community level, but leadership at the state and federal level can also help propel change. Development...

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Exploring the Possibilities of BRT with ITDP’s SCOPE Web Tool

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