Bus transportation making an impact: an update from the BRT world
TransMilenio BRT system, Bogotá, Colômbia. Photo by EMBARQ Brasil.
Buses began operating at a large scale by the year 1910, offering the advantages of route flexibility for routing, adaptation alongside the development of urban roads, and lower installation costs, as compared to railways. Efficient service and door-to-door service between ...
Bike-sharing arrives in New York City via Citi Bike
Citi Bike, America's largest bike-sharing system opened in New York City on Monday. Photo by shinya.
New York City has joined the ranks of U.S. cities now offering bike-sharing systems. Sponsored by CitiBank and launched on Monday, Citi Bike offers residents, commuters, and visitors to the “Big Apple” an additional mobility and urban connectivity option, in the form ...
Friday Fun: A Los Angeles cycling highway?
By Melissa Wall.
“The South California towns, Los Angeles and Pasadena, are now connected by the strangest and most interesting of links-a magnificent, elevated cycle-way, with a smooth surface of wood, running for nine miles through beautiful country, flanked by green hills, and ...
All aboard: Engaging the public on transport projects
Photo by World Bank Photo Collection.
Public transport is a core part of our daily lives. It is an economic driver — linking commuters to employment opportunities and bringing potential customers to retail and commercial establishments. It impacts our health, as modes of urban transport affect ...
Weaving people back into the urban fabric
Photo by blmurch.
If cities are to be more people-oriented, shouldn’t we work on sharing the space with each other? That’s  the intention of the Bench of Friendship, upon which it is impossible to sit alone. Sponsored by the British-based Fisherman’s Friend and ...
How clean is the air we breathe in cities?
A boy peers out a bus window in Mumbai, India. Photo by gregor_y.
More and more cities worldwide are grappling with the ever-increasing menace of air pollution — especially in India, which contains some of the most polluted cities in the world. Rapid economic growth in developing countries and increased individual wealth is ...
Friday Fun: Self-driving automobile + Bus + Taxi = Otobuxi
By Charles Bombardier.
Most residential streets are not serviced by city buses. Even if they were not too heavy, bulky, or noisy, there is seldom enough passengers to fill them. The automobile does not fare much better, creating traffic congestion and parking woes, ...
Q&A with Hernan Navarro: Lima’s El Metropolitano BRT
Boarding El Metropolitano BRT in Lima, Peru. Photo by EMBARQ.
In a capital city with 8 million inhabitants, not only was Lima’s advanced bus system the first of its kind in the country, but it also provides valuable lessons for the rest of Latin America. Building on the Lima experience, ...
Should the speed limit on arterial roads increase?
An arterial road in China. Photo by Saad.Akhtar.
One of the most controversial issues on the agenda of the City Council of Porto Alegre, Brazil, was discussed last week at a roundtable debate and broadcast over local radio: proposed changes to the speed limit on arterial roads in ...
Promoting ridesharing for the daily commute in Mumbai
An auto-rickshaw transports passengers in Gujarat, India. Photo by lecercle.
Recently, the State Government of Maharashtra (the third largest state in India, located on the western side of the country, and home to the cities of Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur) began looking into a proposal to run long-distance, point-to-point shared ...