Asia Pacific Rail, the largest gathering of senior rail leaders in Asia focused on sustainable railway development in the Asian Pacific region, spoke with ITDP China’s Deputy Country Director, Xianyuan Zhu, about transit-oriented development in China. The growth of cities around the world has been characterized by unsustainable, car-dependent and transit-poor urban sprawl. To remedy…
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Jacob Mason, ITDP Transport Research and Evaluation Manager, reports back from the UN World Data Forum in South Africa on how transport data can help create sustainable cities. The pace of change in cities has reached breakneck speed. Mayors are often so overwhelmed with day-to-day issues that they have a hard time thinking about the long-term…
As we start the new year, we look to a transport future where cities around the world build equitable transit for all. Local communities must be able to imagine and participate in this change. In Nairobi, Kenya, people of all ages were able to do just that through a “car-free” streets weeklong event, creating beautiful streetscapes and public spaces for…
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, in partnership with Microsoft, is pleased to announce the development of a new, innovative data symposium. The event aims to bring together various organizations to discuss the potential of new urban metrics and to solve pressing urban sustainability and transportation challenges—with the goal of identifying new data sources…
Interview with Dan Chatman: Integrating Public Transport with Bus Rapid Transit in Developing Cities
Meeting of the Minds, a global knowledge sharing platform, spoke with Dan Chatman of UC Berkeley’s Department of City and Regional Planning about the integration of paratransit services with Bus Rapid Transit around the world. Dr. Chatman studies travel behavior and the built environment, residential and workplace location choice, “smart growth” and municipal fiscal decision…
Urban populations all over the world are soaring, with cities expected to add up to 2.5 billion more people by 2050. While cities are booming as economic and social centers, resources and opportunities are too often concentrated in high-income areas—pushing less affluent communities farther and farther away from the city center and from basic services…
About the Webinar ITDP has been working to more deeply engage with researchers in the transport, urban development, and related sectors in an effort to aid practitioners in the field. To that end, we are hosting a webinar, free and open to the public, with Karel Martens, who will present core elements for transport planning…
“If we play in our backyard, the shuttlecock always falls into a neighbor’s compound!”, complained little Anaya and Avani, residents of Aundh, Pune. In a city that is getting more congested by the day leaving behind fewer playgrounds, Anaya and Avani are joined by other Pune locals in grumbling about a lack of open public…
About Habitat III Habitat III is the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to take place in Quito, Ecuador, from 17 – 20 October 2016. In Resolution 66/207 and in line with the bi-decennial cycle (1976, 1996 and 2016), the United Nations General Assembly decided to convene the Habitat III Conference to reinvigorate the global commitment…