A New Ciclovía Comes to Trujillo, Peru
Ciclovías close down streets to cars and turn them into pedestrian and cycling street festivals. Photo by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
On Sunday, Trujillo, Peru will launch its first ciclovía, literally translated to “bike path” in Spanish, an event that will temporarily close down streets to cars and opening them to cyclists and pedestrians alike. Turning cars away, even for a ...
Steering Indian Cities Towards Higher Fuel Quality Standards
Photo by Meena Kadri.
While scaling up sustainable transportation solutions worldwide, it’s important that we still consider the reality of personal automobile demand. Tackling the lower-hanging fruit of vehicular emissions reductions in densely populated developing countries is critical for mitigating climate change and improving ...
How We Give Directions Is Cultural
How do you find your way? Photo by Rohan Shah.
On my way to my first day working at EMBARQ India’s office in Mumbai, I was given directions that included passing through tunnels, alleys and an empty warehouse. I had to ask myself if certain alleys were actually roads I ...
Lessons in “Living” Cities from Santiago
Photo by Eduardo Llanquileo.
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Last week in Santiago, Chile, the Plaza Italia was once again crowded with bicyclists for the monthly cicletada. Local bicycling organizations and ...
McKinsey Reports on the Exploding Urban Economy
600 cities will contribute $30 trillion in economic growth by 2025, increasing global consumption for energy and transportation.
The McKinsey Global Institute, an initiative of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, last week released, “Urban World: Cities and the rise of the consuming class,” a report detailing the global consumption patterns of the earth’s most economically productive 600 ...
Call for Papers: Transportation Research Board 2013 Annual Meeting
Submit your paper by August 1st for TRB's 92nd Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Copyright 2012, National Academy of Science. Photo by camera_obscura
The call for papers deadline is looming  for the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 92nd annual conference in Washington, D.C., taking place from January 13-17, 2013. You can submit your paper at TRB’s paper collection site until August 1. Paper topics at TRB ...
Worldwide Cycle Superhighways: Copenhagen, London, New York
Cycling infrastructure Copenhagen is pervasive in a city where over 30% of commuters bike to work. Photo by Martti Tulenheimo
  City planners in Copenhagen launched a new “cycle superhighway” in April, extending from the western suburb of Albertslund into the city proper.  This route is the first of 26 planned routes set to comprise a 300-kilometer (186-mile) system. The ...
Ola! Book a Cab with a Smartphone App
Ola Cabs lets users book the closest available cab with just one touch, as seen in this screenshot of the company's iPhone app. Photo via iTunes.
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. The latest development in radio cab services in India is a recently launched free downloadable smartphone app by Ola Cabs. The ...
Research Recap, July 16: “Green Guilt,” Healthy Transport, Access to Jobs, Wild Weather Extremes
Consumers in developing countries like China place owning a luxury car at the top of their priorities. Photo by Tom Spender.
Welcome to “Research Recap,” our series highlighting recent reports, studies and other findings in sustainable transportation policy and practice, in case you missed it. Green Guilt The National Geographic Society, publisher of National Geographic Magazine,  released its annual Greendex Survey, a ...
TheCityFix Picks, July 6: New BRT, Olympic Transit, Smartphone Ticketing
BRT is coming to Pretoria and New Jersey. Above, a BRT station in Johannesburg. Photo by AfricanGoals2010.
  Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: integrated transport, urban development and accessibility, air quality and climate change, ...