Monday, August 25, 2025

2024 is a Historic Election Year and the Climate Crisis is on Everyone’s Ballot

This is poised to be a world-changing year. For countries across the globe, 2024 will be a turning point in terms of politics, with...

The High Cost of Transportation in the United States

What does the average American pay to get around every day in 2024? What portion of their income is devoted to transportation? Is that...

How Compact, Electrified Cities Can Greatly Reduce Emissions and Costs in the US

New research finds that the United States could reduce public-sector expenditures on urban transport at local, state, and federal levels by a cumulative $2...

Art on the Move: Fusing Community Creativity with Public Transport

The City of Lynn, north of Boston, MA, and the Lynn Public Art Commission (LPAC) collaborated with the Boston Bus Rapid Transit initiative (BostonBRT,...

20 Groups Call for Strengthening the USDOT’s Equity Action Plan

On behalf of 20 national and community-based groups representing millions of Americans, ITDP submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) asking...

Why Road Safety is an Issue of Race and Equity in US Cities

This Juneteenth, it is crucial that the transport community continues to acknowledge the inequitable impacts of urban planning on low-income communities of color across...

Ensuring US Federal Transportation Policy Protects Frontline Communities

Nine major national and regional transportation, environmental, and environmental justice organizations issued a statement yesterday on implementing environmental justice goals for frontline communities exposed...

US Working Group Calls on White House Council to Focus on Environmental Justice, Frontline...

Nine major national and regional transportation, environmental, and environmental justice organizations issued a statement yesterday on implementing environmental justice goals for frontline communities exposed...

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...

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...

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Ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, at the end of 2025, it is essential to elevate the discussion on energy transitions and see more...

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Guangzhou, one of China’s largest cities and the capital of the southern province of Guangdong, is experiencing rapid growth and development as a major...

How Chennai, India is Jump-Starting its Transition to E-Buses

The city of Chennai, the capital of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu, is on the brink of a clean mobility revolution for its...