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PRESS RELEASE: WRI Announces Three New Board Members Representing Business, Academia, and Government
New members include world-renowned architect and urban planner Jamie Lerner.
Jaime Lerner is known for his "urban acupuncture" approach to sustainable cities.
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has elected three innovative leaders to join its board of directors: Daniel Cruise, Vice President of Public and Government Affairs of Alcoa Inc.; Jonathan Lash, former President of WRI and recently-elected
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Workshop hosted by EMBARQ India emphasizes entrepreneurship and organized fleet services.
Auto-rickshaws are a key mode of transport for Rajkot commuters. Photo by Satish Krishnamurthy.
EMBARQ India, in partnership with the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), organized a half-day workshop in Rajkot, India on September 9 to discuss the need for reforms in the city's auto-rickshaw sector.
As a result of the workshop, the city agreed to assess the feasibility of implementing reforms and begin promoting organized fleet services in Rajkot. The city also agreed to improve infrastructure in a couple of locations with high demand for auto-rickshaw services as pilot projects.
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City creates a vision and action plan for cycling.
“Contemporary and beautiful Eskişehir needs a modern infrastructure." - EMBARQ Türkiye Director Sibel Bulay. Photo by EMBARQ Türkiye.
EMBARQ Türkiye and the Interface for Cycling Expertise (I-CE), a Dutch NGO, held their third cycling inclusive urban transport planning workshop on June 21-24 in Eskişehir, Turkey.
Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality and EMBARQ Türkiye teams reviewed the designs of bicycle routes and concluded there was a need to improve some designs and embed new designs in a wider area. The workshop also involved strategic cycling planning and policy development to create a vision and action plan for the city.
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Sustainable transport and urban development reduces the risk of traffic fatalities and injuries.
The road safety "tag" is a powerful symbol of the fight against suffering, grief and injustice caused by road deaths and injuries. Image via decadeofaction.org
Today marks the official launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, a worldwide effort declared by the United Nations General Assembly to save 5 million lives over a ten-year period.
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Full system now boasts 67 kilometers of dedicated busways
Metrobús line 3 begins operations in February 2011. Photo by EMBARQ.
Translated from Spanish via ctsmexico.org.
Mexico City's Metrobús launched Line 3 on Tuesday. The trunk line of the city's five-year-old BRT system is expected to move 120,000 passengers per day between Tenayuca and Etiopía.
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Pedestrian-friendly project brings city one step closer to creating "low emissions zone."
Sultanahmet Square is now closed to cars. Photo by EMBARQ Turkey
Istanbul Municipality finished pedestrianizing Sultanahmet Square in an effort to protect the city's 8,000-year-old Historic Peninsula, one of the most important cultural and historic centers in the world.
Ninety streets in the heart of the peninsula have been closed to private vehicular traffic since January 8, according to Mustafa Demir, the mayor of Fatih.
Vehicles bringing supplies to the shops in the area are now able to enter the area after 6:00 p.m. and before 10:00 a.m. Emergency vehicles will still be allowed on the streets.
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Istanbul, Mexico City, Beijing and Milan receive honorable mentions
New York City's bike ridership increased by 35 percent last year. Photo by Walter Hook, ITDP.
New York City became the first U.S. city to win the 2009 Sustainable Transport Award, as part of the Transportation Research Board Annual Conference held in Washington, D.C. this month. Other finalists, including Beijing, Milan, Istanbul and Mexico City received honorable mention.