To Stop Distracted Driving, Researchers Monitor Drivers
Everyone knows that distracted driving is a problem, but it tends to fall in the “other people/not me” category of personal risk assessment among...
City of cars: Paying for public transport in Los Angeles
WHEN the Los Angeles transit authority extended a railway to link the city’s towering downtown to Santa Monica, a swanky seaside neighbourhood, last May,...
Laggard on the lake: Toronto’s mayor tries to improve transport
FEW cities these days have the cachet of Toronto. It ranks high on lists of the world’s most “liveable” cities (the Economist Intelligence Unit,...
Transport as a service: It starts with a single app
AMONG Helsinki’s contributions to innovation in transport is a tram kitted out as a fully functioning pub, which trundles through its centre in the...
Entrepreneurial transit: George Washington’s bus
IN PARTS of New York city, if you know what to look for, you will find a vast and quasi-legal transport network operating in...
Transport in the Middle East: Let’s go together
RIYADH, the Saudi capital, is no easy place to navigate. It sprawls over 1,500 square kilometres (580 square miles) and, but for a few...
A streetcar in the mire: Washington, DC’s pointless streetcar service finally opens
“LATE and over budget, streetcars are finally rumbling to life in Washington, DC. The long-awaited service, which has cost at least $135m to build,...
A muddled train of thought: Some Americans are upset at the prospect of free...
IT MAY be pantomime season, but unlike Cinderella revelers in Washington, DC, who stay out past the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve...
Ethiopia: Sub-Saharan Africa gets its first metro
GETTING around African cities is famously stressful. Whether in Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg most journeys involve negotiating roads clogged with honking cars and choked...
Subways in America: Gangway, please
IN LATE 2013, New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) released a comprehensive report on its capital investment needs for the next two decades. Buried...
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For E-Buses to Succeed, Cities Need to Focus on Charging and Implementation
The electrification of public transport has emerged as a crucial step in advancing environmental sustainability, improving air quality, and enhancing urban mobility. Cities worldwide...
From Egypt to Mexico: Insights into BRT and Transport Planning
In January, ITDP teams from Africa and Mexico engaged in a study tour of the public transport system in Mexico City, Mexico in support...
From Egypt to Mexico, ITDP Shares Insights into Public Transport Planning
In January, ITDP teams from Africa and Mexico engaged in a study tour of the public transport system in Mexico City, Mexico in support...
Webinar: Executive orders and reauthorization—Navigating the future of federal transportation funding
Join us for a webinar on Tuesday, February 25th at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the state of transportation funding, including recent executive orders...
