Juan Carlos Muñoz is the Director of the Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence, Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development, and Associate Professor with the Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. He and Laurel Paget-Seekins edited the recently published book: “Restructuring Public Transport through Bus Rapid Transit”. This is his…
Author: Nneka Njoku
As part of ITDPs leadership and innovation program, a new year-long fellowship program for transit agency board members has been developed with TransitCenter, a U.S. foundation committed to improving urban mobility. The first cohort of transit agency board member (TABM) fellows met in Houston, Texas in March 2016 to witness and learn from Houston’s cost-neutral…
Implementing rapid transit is a complex task. Governments not only need access to funds and debt finance to build successful rapid transit infrastructure, they must also have robust institutional capacity to plan, finance, design, build, and rapid transit. There are many examples of countries that had the money for a rapid transit project but it…
In the coming weeks, a series of articles from ITDP will explore the detailed findings and implications of this research. The report offers key recommendations (see infographic), and helps cities identify tools to invest in smart, sustainable mobility. Money matters. For rapid transit, how money is collected, budgeted, and allocated are some of the most important factors…
The questions surrounding the sustainability of cities are no longer just what to do – many sustainable solutions have been proven effective – but increasingly, they focus on the more complicated questions of how to get it done. How to get the capital and capacity to plan, finance, and implement new urban mobility infrastructure has…
It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend and colleague Colleen McCaul has passed away. Colleen was critical to getting the Rea Vaya BRT system opened in Johannesburg, beginning in 2006 and becoming project leader from 2008 – 2011 of a team of some 30 BRT and transportation specialists organized by GIZ. She was…
Pune, Coimbatore and Chennai have been making huge progress creating sustainable cities. Each has made great strides in recent years, laying the groundwork for even bigger changes to come. Thanks to their demonstrated successes and well-developed plans for next steps, all three have been selected for the first round of India’s national Smart Cities Mission….
ITDP’s message of building clean, equitable cities anchored by sustainable transport has been championed by everyone from mayors of major cities to pedestrians in need of safer streets. Now, that message has the opportunity to reach an even larger audience through one of the world’s preeminent philanthropic organizations. This year, ITDP will participate in the Clinton…
Connecticut’s new BRT system exceeds expectations and could spur transit-oriented development By Logan Clark and Jonas Hagen Shiny green and white articulated buses glide in and out of sleek stations that protect riders from the elements. Level boarding, simple off and on-board payment, ubiquitous display signs with real-time arrival information and cleanly designed system maps further…