Recent Posts by Erica
The annual SXSW (“South by Southwest”) festival in Austin, Tex. features some panel discussions and presentations dedicated to sustainable urban transport. Interested in blogging about one of these events? Contact Managing Editor Erica Schlaikjer: eschlaikjer [at] wri [dot] org. Electric Car: Lessons ...
This post was originally published on EMBARQ.org. A new collaboration to optimize city bus operations in Mexico, Brazil and India was announced today by FedEx Corp. and EMBARQ, the World Resources Institute’s center for sustainable transport (the producer of this blog.) “Thanks to ...
The 2012 Sustainable Transport Award ceremony will be held from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. on January 24, 2012 at the International Ballroom East at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the annual Transportation Research Board conference in Washington, D.C. This ...
The Caterpillar Foundation today announced a five-year, $12.5 million grant to the World Resources Institute (WRI) to advance the progress of environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. WRI intends to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable ...
It is our pleasure to announce that TheCityFix Brasil, produced by EMBARQ Brasil, is among the top 30 finalists in the sustainability category of Brazil’s Top Blog Award, one of the most prestigious blog competitions in the country. TheCityFix Brasil blog launched only six months ...
The Metropolitano System of Transport, more commonly known as Metropolitano, in October completed one year of full operation. The Metropolitano Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Segregated Corridor of High Capacity (known as COSAC I, by its Spanish acronym) reached its 100 millionth ...
Arequipa’s transport system affects the health of its residents, leading to 320 traffic fatalities over three years, fostering regular walking and biking rates of only 9.9 percent, and contributing to dangerous air pollution levels that far exceed World Health Organization ...
A version of this post was orginially published by Maria Fernanda Cavalcanti on October 7, 2011 in Portuguese in TheCityFix Brasil. Cycling is great, but it comes with risks, especially at night when there is less visibility and cyclists are ...
The 8th Annual Sustainable Transport Award, created by the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, is given annually to the city that made most progress over the year to increase mobility for all residents while reducing transportation greenhouse and air ...
A new report, “The Role of Driving in Reducing GHG Emissions and Oil Consumption: Recommendations for Federal Transportation Policy,” explores future U.S. transportation scenarios to evaluate how the U.S. can reduce oil consumption and cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through ...
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, health and ...
This post relates to the workshop, “Marketing BRT: How to Attract and Captivate Users,” co-hosted by the Secretary of Transportation of Rio de Janeiro and EMBARQ Brasil (the producer of the newly launched TheCityFix Brasil), and sponsored by Fetranspor. Participants included about 100 representatives from ...
EMBARQ, the producer of TheCityFix, is proud to unveil a new and improved experience for our readers. Welcome to our re-designed blog, TheCityFix.com, and be sure to check out our new Portuguese-language version, TheCityFix Brasil. Back in 2007, when we first launched ...
Want a bicycle as strong as steel but half as heavy? Print it out using 3D laser printing technology. Two British engineers designed the revolutionary Airbike, the first two-wheeler made entirely of nylon through a process known as additive layer manufacturing (ALM), ...
This post is part of a series related to the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. Today marks the official launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, a worldwide effort declared by the United Nations General Assembly ...
