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...
Pedestrian Bridges Make Cities Less Walkable. Why Do Cities Keep Building Them?
Pedestrian bridges are structures built over roads that require people to take longer, often inaccessible routes up and over many lanes of car traffic,...
Tianjin, China Receives 2024 Sustainable Transport Award for Focus on Cycling and Walking Infrastructure
Tianjin is receiving the 2024 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) for the city’s commitment and efforts to promote greener, more inclusive non-motorized transport (NMT) with...
Why Cities Need to Invest in Active Mobility for the Climate and Economy
Current urbanization trends, rising incomes, and increased vehicle ownership are steering cities toward a future with 40% less travel by walking, cycling, and public...
Sustainable Mobility Up, Climate Emissions Down
Cities around the world are leading the way towards a sustainable future – but without rapid transformation, climate emissions will continue to rise. Give...
Elevating the Role of Active Mobility at COP28
A note from Heather Thompson, CEO of ITDP, and Sheila Watson, Deputy Director of the FIA Foundation, on active mobility at COP28.The post Elevating...
The Right to Walk: Insights from Walk21 Kigali
Walk21 advocates for improvements to walking-related policy and infrastructure to ensure that walking is measured, valued, and prioritized by governments and stakeholders around the...
Advocating for Safer Routes to School for Children Across Mexico
A growing epidemic of traffic injuries is devastating the next generation of children around the globe. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, traffic collisions are...
The Need to Reimagine the Nairobi Expressway As A Green Corridor
The Nairobi Expressway, implemented under a build-operate-transfer model by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), is arguably Kenya’s most distinct private-public partnership project. While...
The City As A Learning Lab: Experiences and Inspiration from Bogotá
For the first time since the pandemic, ITDP and MOBILIZE Program partners convened in-person in Bogotá, Colombia for multiple days of knowledge sharing, hands-on...
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How These Three Cities Are Scaling and Improving Urban Cycling
In 2021, ITDP launched the global Cycling Cities campaign to equip governments, planners, and advocates with tools and resources to make cycling a safer,...
Voters across America show support for more transportation options
Throughout the United States, various measures for funding transportation improvements were approved, advancing efforts to invest in the rest at the local level.
Columbus, Ohio...
Three transportation policy recommendations for state legislators and governors
As new and returning governors and legislators prepare to take office, Transportation for America urges them to consider key transportation policy recommendations in this...
A pause for TransportationCamp DC
After careful consideration, Transportation for America is announcing that we have decided to pause TransportationCamp DC this coming January. For years, we’ve enjoyed hosting...
