Friday Fun: Mapnificent!
Friday Fun: Mapnificent!
Want to know how far you can travel using public transit under 15 minutes?  There’s a map for that! Stefan Wehrmeyer, a Berlin-based software architect developed a tool that uses public transit data to help users decide on where to ...
TheCityFix Picks, June 3: Brazilian BRT, Mobile Wallet Technologies, C40 Cities Mayors Summit
TheCityFix Picks, June 3: Brazilian BRT, Mobile Wallet Technologies, C40 Cities Mayors Summit
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: mobility, quality of life, environment, public space, and technology and innovation. Mobility ...
A Debate Over Parking in Delhi
A Debate Over Parking in Delhi
In an attempt to alleviate the city’s congestion problems, starting June 30, New Delhi is implementing its first automated parking lots, The Economic Times reports. The initial two sites for the program will be Sarojini Nagar and Baba Kharak Singh ...
New Study: Urban Poor at Great Risk of Climate Change
New Study: Urban Poor at Great Risk of Climate Change
World Bank released a new study reaffirming the challenges climate change and natural hazards pose to the urban poor. Titled “Climate Change, Disaster Risk, and the Urban Poor,” the report was prepared in time to be presented at the C40 ...
Argentina Gets Its First Bus Rapid Transit
Argentina Gets Its First Bus Rapid Transit
Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, inaugurated Argentina’s first bus rapid transit system today, marking its first day of operation. The system’s fruition is the result of a collaboration between the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), the ...
Bicycles as a Source of Income in Africa
Bicycles as a Source of Income in Africa
https://vimeo.com/16983718 Bicycles are quickly becoming a primary mode of transportation in rural Africa. More and more people are relying on bicycles to access sources of income, social services and clean water; and, local non-profit organizations are working to make bicycles ...
C40 Sao Paulo Summit: A Global Partnership to Restore Healthy Cities
C40 Sao Paulo Summit: A Global Partnership to Restore Healthy Cities
Today marks the first day of the C40 Sao Paulo Summit, an event that brings together Mayors from leading cities around the world in a partnership to reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency. Organized by C40 (Climate Leadership Group), ...
New Report: Measuring Pedestrian Safety in the U.S.
New Report: Measuring Pedestrian Safety in the U.S.
Transportation for America (TfA), a campaign to strengthen the nation’s transportation network, released an update to its “Dangerous by Design” report, an analysis of pedestrian safety in the design and use of American streets.  Accompanying the report, TfA ranked the ...
Marketing BRT in Brazil
Marketing BRT in Brazil
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 ...
Friday Fun: Vertical Bike Storage for Urban Centers
Friday Fun: Vertical Bike Storage for Urban Centers
Manifesto Architecture, a New York-based architectural design firm, created a vertical bike storage structure to be installed in underutilized urban spaces.  With bicycling as a growing means of transportation, the project, titled “Bike Hanger,” can help save sidewalk space for ...