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Rio’s newest BRT corridor is expected to serve 450,000 passengers each day
Rio de Janeiro's new TransCarioca bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor will connect the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood to the Tom Jobim International Airport, and is expected to carry 450,000 passengers per day once fully operational. Photo by Blog do Planalto/Flickr.
Rio de Janeiro’s newest bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, the TransCarioca, began operations on Sunday June 1, 2014. This newest addition to Rio’s already well-developed BRT network will connect the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood to the Tom Jobim International Airport. President Dilma Rousseff and Mayor Eduardo Paes, also chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, were in attendance at the grand opening to show their support for the positive impact the new corridor will have on the city.
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Upcoming Low Emission Transport Toolkit webinar will help planners and city leaders to plan, finance, and implement sustainable transport solutions.
Low-emission transport brings interconnected, sustainable transport options to urban residents across the globe. Pictured: Singapore's light rail system. Photo by Ardy Muswardi/Flickr.
An upcoming webinar on the LEDS Low Emission Transport Toolkit will help planners and city leaders to plan, finance, and implement sustainable transport solutions.
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Navid Ahdieh, Project Leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will present a webinar on the introduction of the Low Emission Transport Toolkit.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:00AM EST
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Participants celebrate the first Raahgiri Day with a dance on November 17, 2013. Over 10,000 people attended the inaugural event. Photo by EMBARQ.
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Building on the work of EMBARQ, WRI introduces broader cities initiative to catalyze environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable urban areas
The newly launched WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities will build on the work of EMBARQ – the sustainable urban mobility stream of the Center – to create healthy, accessible, and environmentally-friendly communities. Photo by Christian Haugen/Flickr.
EMBARQ, the sustainable transport and urban development program of the World Resources Institute (WRI), is pleased to announce the launch of the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. The Center will increase WRI’s reach in developed and emerging cities, building on the work of the EMBARQ Network, which will continue to help cities make sustainable transport a reality.
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EMBARQ India pushes for the expansion of Gurgaon’s groundbreaking car-free Sunday
Gurgaon's Raahgiri Day – enjoyed by both the young and the young at heart – has been an unprecedented success. The car-free concept has gained momentum within Gurgaon and is now beginning to spread to other Indian cities. Photo by EMBARQ.
Since its inception in November 2013, Gurgaon, India’s Raahgiri Day has exploded in popularity. About 350,000 total people have already participated in the weekly event, with the numbers growing each week. The encouraging turnout every Sunday and numerous requests from citizens got authorities and founding members – EMBARQ India, IAmGurgaon, Pedalyatri, Duplays, and Heritage School – thinking about its expansion. Beginning February 3, 2014, the Raahgiri Day “loop” of car-free streets more than doubled, adding 6.5 km to the existing 4.8 km loop.
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Fastest growing city in Mexico looks to expand sustainable urban mobility
Tijuana is the fastest growing city in Mexico, and quickly becoming one of the most congested. A new bus rapid transit (BRT) system, supported by EMBARQ Mexico, will help bring back people-centered urban mobility to the city. Photo by Guillermo Buelna/Flickr.
Tijuana, capital and largest city in the state of Baja California, is the sixth largest metropolitan area in Mexico and holds an important location on the United States-Mexico border. Located just miles from San Diego in the United States, the two cities form what is considered one of the busiest borders in the world. This transnational metropolitan area is extremely large geographically, and ties together a vast array of cultures, histories, and economies.
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Workshop explores financing mechanisms for sustainable transit-oriented development (TOD)
China's city leaders are looking to new methods of financing sustainable transport projects to provide urban mobility to the country's growing number of urban residents. Photo by Rob Chan/Flickr.
On April 22, 2014, EMBARQ China held a workshop entitled “Mainstreaming Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in China by Unlocking the Potentials of Land Value Capture (LVC).” Vijay Jagannathan, Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the EMBARQ China team, met with professionals from the
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Conference convenes experts in transport and traffic safety during Turkey’s Road Safety Week
EMBARQ Turkey organized the Traffic Safety in Urban Transport conference to highlight the unique challenges facing Turkey's cities as they look to stem the rising tide of traffic crashes in the country. Photo by FaceMePLS/Flickr.
With the number of motor vehicles in Turkey doubling in the past decade, road safety is a growing issue for the country. Arzu Tekir, Director of EMBARQ Turkey, underscores the magnitude of damage traffic fatalities cause around the world: "At a global scale, 1.3 million people die in traffic crashes annually.
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New Expresso DF Sul system to build a more sustainable, connected Brasília
A group students is taken on one of the trial runs of Brasília's new Expresso DF Sul bus rapid transit (BRT) system during the Day One of Operations week of activities. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil.
In celebration of its 54th anniversary, Brazil’s capital city of Brasília is delivering a new high-capacity public transport system to the city, introducing 43 km (27 miles) of bus rapid transit (BRT). The new system, called Expresso DF Sul, will be Brasília’s first BRT system, and is designed to connect satellite cities to the city center (or the “Pilot Plan”).
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The case of the Philippines
The Transport Work Stream of the Low Emissions Development Strategy Global Partnership (LEDS GP) will host a webinar that will help planners and city leaders to integrate low carbon planning in the transport sector. Photo by Ingmar Zahorsky/Flickr.
Update May 1, 2014: This webinar has been rescheduled to May 6, 2014, 8:00am EST.
Anneli R. Lontoc, Undersecretary, Department of Transportation and Communications, Philippines and Senior Research/Teaching Fellow, University of the Philippines - School of Urban and Regional Planning, will present a webinar on mainstreaming the low carbon path in the transport sector at the national and local levels.
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