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Innovative public-private collaboration speeds the development and implementation of building efficiency policies and practices
Geography: Colombia
ArticleLast week, over 4,000 people gathered for the fourth World Bicycle Forum, the largest global event focused exclusively on cycling mobility and activism.
presentationJuan Miguel Velasquez, Associate with EMBARQ's Global Research and Practice team, presented EMBARQ's Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in a webinar for the BRT Centre of Excellence.
Press ReleaseCities already house half of the world’s population and are expected to add an additional 75 million people each year. The rapid growth of cities, especially in the developing world, presents enormous opportunities and challenges to ensure that growth is equitable and sustainable.
ArticleThe EMBARQ Network is set to host a “Cities Safer by Design for All” networking event at the seventh annual UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum (WUF7), which will be
projectNationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions prioritize local context in efforts to curb the effects of climate change
presentationJanuary 16-17, 2014 // Transforming Transportation 2014, co-organized by EMBARQ and the World Bank, Washington, D.C. Daniel Oviedo Hernandez, PhD candidate, University College London, presented on transport and the peripheral poor in Colombia.
presentationJanuary 16-17, 2014 // Transforming Transportation 2014, co-organized by EMBARQ and the World Bank, Washington, D.C. Erik Vergel-Tovar, PhD candidate University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Research Fellow, EMBARQ India, presented on land use and transportation integration.
publicationNew analysis of four iconic cities shows that commuters can save millions of hours of travel time by shifting to bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. The report draws primarily from case studies conducted in Bogotá, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Istanbul. Findings point to BRT’s capacity to improve...
presentationDecember 10, 2013 // Webinar. Dario Hidalgo, EMBARQ’s Director of Research and Practice, presented a webinar on financing urban transport policies and programs.