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Nominate a City for the 2013 Sustainable Transport Awards
Nominate a City for the 2013 Sustainable Transport Awards
The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) Committee, including EMBARQ (the producer of this blog), invite you to nominate your city for the 9th Annual Sustainable Transport Award. Nominations are now open and will be ...
New Traffic Safety Guidelines Can Save Lives on Bus Corridors Worldwide
New Traffic Safety Guidelines Can Save Lives on Bus Corridors Worldwide
Each year, 1.2 million people die in traffic crashes, according to the World Health Organization, and traffic fatalities are projected to become the fifth leading cause of premature death worldwide by 2030, ahead of HIV/AIDS, violence, tuberculosis, or any type ...
WRI’s 30th Anniversary Dinner: Reflecting on Cities and Leadership
WRI’s 30th Anniversary Dinner: Reflecting on Cities and Leadership
This post was originally published on WRI Insights. Cities were a major theme of WRI’s 30th anniversary dinner last night. And, why not? The event took place in arguably the greatest city in the world, New York. Guests included Mayor ...
Enhancing Fuel Efficiency in Vishakapatnam
Enhancing Fuel Efficiency in Vishakapatnam
With input from Prashanth Bachu. Bus-based public transport that is dependent solely on revenue earned from ticket sales is typically not a profit-making business. Most bus agencies strive to meet operational costs in other ways, and fuel economy has been ...
Fazilka Ecocabs Offers New Paradigm for Non-Motorized Transport in Indian Cities
Fazilka Ecocabs Offers New Paradigm for Non-Motorized Transport in Indian Cities
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Cycle rickshaws, an eco-friendly mode of transport, continue to play a role in para-transit and non-motorized modes of transport in Indian ...
China Transportation Briefing: Filling the Finance Gap
China Transportation Briefing: Filling the Finance Gap
Our monthly China Transportation Briefing shares interesting news and noteworthy research related to China’s transportation and urban development. The goal is to help people who are interested in solving China’s urbanization and transportation problems understand relevant Chinese policies and trends. Each issue ...
TheCityFix Picks, May 4: Spare the Air, Honoring Bloomberg, BRT Experience
TheCityFix Picks, May 4: Spare the Air, Honoring Bloomberg, BRT Experience
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 ...
BRT Experience, Day 1: Simple yet Captivating Marketing
BRT Experience, Day 1: Simple yet Captivating Marketing
A version of this post was originally published on TheCityFix Brasil by Maria Fernanda Cavalcanti on May 1, 2012. Beginning on April 29, EMBARQ Brazil is organizing two missions with journalists from Rio de Janeiro to visit some of the best bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in the ...
BRT Experience, Day 1: Women-Only Access on Metrobus
BRT Experience, Day 1: Women-Only Access on Metrobus
A version of this post was originally published on TheCityFix Brasil by Maria Fernanda Cavalcanti on April 30, 2012. Beginning on April 29, EMBARQ Brazil is organizing two missions with journalists from Rio de Janeiro to visit some of the best bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in ...
We're Hiring! Apply to Be TheCityFix Blogger
We're Hiring! Apply to Be TheCityFix Blogger
Dear readers, Think you have what it takes to be a full-time blogger for TheCityFix? Apply to be our summer intern! If you can’t commit to a paid position in our Washington, D.C. office, please consider being a volunteer contributor. ...
The New Kid on the Block: Metrobus Opens Line 4 in Mexico City
The New Kid on the Block: Metrobus Opens Line 4 in Mexico City
With input from Marco Priego. Mexico City now has a new bus service running through the heart of the Historic District, with service to the international airport. Metrobus Line 4, which opened on April 1, shows ingenuity and exemplifies the ...
Continuous Efforts to Update BRTdata.org
Continuous Efforts to Update BRTdata.org
Originally posted on EMBARQ.org. The most comprehensive, public database of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems around the world was launched on April 2 by the Across Latitudes and Cultures – Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence and EMBARQ (the producer of this ...
Coastal Contentment with Improved Mobility in Vishakapatnam
Coastal Contentment with Improved Mobility in Vishakapatnam
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. With input from Prashanth Bachu. Vishakapatnam, a major port city on the southeast coast of India, recently introduced a successful “no motor vehicle” zone ...
Vote Now! "EnterPrizing" New Mobility in India
Vote Now! "EnterPrizing" New Mobility in India
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. In 2009, when Nirmal Kumar first started G-Auto, a dial-a-rickshaw service, little did he know that it would grow into a hugely ...
Rajkot Catalyzes Auto-Rickshaw Entrepreneurship
Rajkot Catalyzes Auto-Rickshaw Entrepreneurship
This blog post is a part of the catalyzing new mobility program and receives support from The Rockefeller Foundation. Rajkot is one of the fastest growing cities in India, with a population of around 1.3 million in 2011. Rapid urbanization and ...
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