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Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Director of EMBARQ’s Health and Road Safety program, presented at Towards Zero in June 2013 - a world leading road safety conference held in Sweden. Pictured: TransMilenio BRT system in Bogotá, Colombia. Photo by Carlos Felipe Pardo/Flickr.
On June 4th, 2013, Claudia Adriazola-Steil, Director of EMBARQ’s Health and Road Safety program presented at Towards Zero, a world leading road safety conference held in Sweden. The country is known for its bold road safety efforts, but this is the first time it has hosted such a large event on the topic.
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Mexico City's pedestrian-only Avenida Francisco Madero (pictured) underscores the growing awareness that urban reform has garnered in recent months in Mexico. Photo by Travis S./Flickr.
Over the past six months, Mexico has demonstrated a renewed focus on urban policies. The newly elected Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government, which came into power in December 2012, has created a new Department known as SEDATU (Secretaría de Reforma Agraría, Desarrollo Territorial y Urbano) – Department for Agrarian Reform, Territorial and Urban Development – which focuses on planning and sustainability.
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EMBARQ commemorates the one-year anniversary of Rio+20 (pictured) by continuing to honor its commitment to advance sustainable transport. Photo by Peachie Aquino-Reed/UN ISDR. Enlarged and cropped.
Rio+20, the UN conference on sustainable development, was hailed as the first high-level international development conference to pay significant attention to sustainable transportation. Sixteen transport-related voluntary commitments emerged from partners convened by SLoCaT at the conference. One of the first announcements was the commitment from multi-lateral development banks to shift $175 billion towards sustainable transport.
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Mexico City's Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system helped the city win the 2013 Sustainable Transport Award (STA). Nominate your city now for the 2014 STA! Photo by ITDP/Flickr.
EMBARQ, together with the rest of the Sustainable Transport Award (STA) Committee, invites you to nominate your city for the 10th Annual Sustainable Transport Award. Nominations open on Monday June 17th and will be accepted online until September 13th, 2013. More info and nomination form here.
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EMBARQ was represented at the 2013 International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit by Holger Dalkmann, Benoit Lefevre, and Salvador Herrera. Photo by ITF/Flickr. Cropped.
As a mark of the headway that the concept of sustainable transport has made in recent years, today’s discussions focus no longer on the “why,” in regards to sustainable transport projects, but on the “how.”
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Urban Reform will target urban structures and policies across Mexico. Pictured: Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo by Emerson Posadas/Flickr.
Director Adriana Lobo of EMBARQ Mexico delivered policy proposals at the Plenary Session of the Consultation Forum of the National Development Plan, or “Prosperous Mexico,” chaired by Mexican President Peña Nieto on May 9. The proposals were generated by EMBARQ Mexico, together with the Centro Mario Molina and the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness.
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Motorized traffic passes under Istanbul's Valens Aqueduct. Photo by Enric Archivell/Flickr.
Arzu Tekir, Director of EMBARQ Turkey, will be making the case for investment in sustainable mobility and its numerous benefits for Turkish cities at the 2013 Private Equity and Venture Capital Summit in Istanbul on June 21. Attendees will include investors and venture capitalists, creating a valuable opportunity to showcase how increased investment in communication technologies and sustainable transport has the potential to put Turkey on a more sustainable path.
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Pictured: Mexico City's Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
The World Bank and EMBARQ Mexico concluded its month-long 2013 Leaders in Urban Transport Planning capacity building program in Mexico City on May 25. The training was part of the World Bank’s “Leadership in Urban Transport Planning” capacity building series, which aims at building capacity for holistic and comprehensive urban planning.
This year’s program, conducted in Spanish, was geared toward developing leadership, awareness and implementation strategies for urban integrated mobility planning.
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Taxis lined up in Arequipa, Peru, where 76% of annual air pollutants are emitted from automobiles. Photo by Ethan Arpi/EMBARQ.
EMBARQ Andino joined forces with the Arequipa, Peru-based citizen’s initiative, Arequipa Te Queremos (Arequipa We Love You), to launch a nationwide campaign against a bill which would allow for the importation of used cars, without any sort of quality control regulations.
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iBus is India's newest bus rapid transit (BRT) system, located in the city of Indore. Photo by EMBARQ.
Last month, India’s newest bus rapid transit (BRT) system, iBus, launched trial operations in Indore. Over the last seven years, the implementing agency, Atal Indore City Transport Services Limited (AICTSL) worked closely with several public and private agencies, including EMBARQ India, to bring this project to fruition. The system includes an 11.4-kilometer (7-mile) corridor, 21 median stations, and custom-designed buses, which are expected to serve 70,000 passengers per day.