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Metrobüs receives BRT standard silver rating, still eyes room for improvement
Istanbul's Metrobüs bus rapid transit (BRT) system serves 800,000 people daily and reduces time spent traveling by 52 minutes for the average rider. Photo by Adriana/Flickr.
In 2007, Istanbul added the Metrobüs bus rapid transit (BRT) system to its multimodal transport network. Initially stretching 18.2 km between the city’s Avcılar and Topkapı districts, the BRT corridor has since tripled in length to 52 km and today carries more than 800,000 passengers every day according to public transport operator IETT. Currently, Metrobüs is the most used BRT system in Europe and one of the fastest, with an operating speed of 35 km/h.
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New initiative aims to modernize and expand Mexico City's Metrobús bus rapid transit system
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera announced today a new $150 million initiative to modernize and expand sustainable transport systems in the city. Photo by Taís Policanti/EMBARQ Mexico.
Colaboracion para la modernizacion del transporte publico en la ciudad de Mexico
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FedEx and EMBARQ Mexico collaborate to provide safety training to BRT drivers
Through the Safety First project, FedEx and EMBARQ Mexico have trained all of Mexico City and Guadalajara's bus rapid transit (BRT) drivers in safe driving techniques. Photo by Taís Policanti/EMBARQ Mexico.
Mexico has the eighth highest rate of traffic crashes in the world, with more than 406,000 collisions resulting in 15,856 deaths and 350,000 hospitalizations each year.
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City leaders and cycling advocates highlight sustainable urban design strategies that improve cyclist safety and bring economic benefits
After two years in Porto Alegre and one year in Curitiba, Brazil, the World Bicycle Forum moved to Medellín, Colombia in 2015. Photo by Claudio Olivares Medina/Flickr.
Last week, over 4,000 people gathered for the fourth World Bicycle Forum, the largest global event focused exclusively on cycling mobility and activism. City leaders, NGOs, businesses, and engaged citizens met in Medellín, Colombia from February 26 to March 1 to discuss the challenges that cyclists face, solutions for building cycling culture, and how to make local economies more dynamic and cities more livable.
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Global database of bus priority and BRT systems a powerful tool for journalists and decision makers
The MOVE BRT system in Belo Horizonte, Brazil was one of five new BRT systems launched in 2014, all tracked on BRTData.org. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
As advanced bus systems continue to gain traction worldwide, users are spending less time stuck in traffic and more time being productive and living their lives. In Rio de Janeiro, a city of more than 6 million residents, 48.7 percent of all daily commutes are made by public transport, with the majority of these trips taken by bus. At 140 kilometers, Rio’s bus priority system is currently the longest in the world, and provides more than 3 million daily passengers with high quality, efficient mobility.
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Strategic alignment, interdepartmental coordination, accountability, and financial autonomy are main hurdles to sustainable transport in Chinese cities
Institutional reform can help Chinese cities make sustainable transport a reality. Photo by Benoit Colin/WRI.
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OPTIMO pilot program coordinates private actors to reduce congestion, air pollution, and traffic crashes
EMBARQ Mexico is engaging the private sector in transport demand management (TDM) strategies that encourage sustainable commuting. Photo by Kevin Jaako/Flickr.
In recent decades, Mexican cities have experienced troubling increases in air pollution, congestion, and traffic crashes.
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Using transport demand management to reverse rising car ownership and traffic congestion
More cars on the street has meant more traffic congestion and air pollution in Chengdu, China. Now the city is revising its transport demand management policy to expand sustainable mobility. Photo by Onny Carr/Flickr.
As the capital city of China’s Sichuan province and an economic and transport hub in the region, Chengdu is central to the country’s Western Development Strategy—a regional development plan to boost economic productivity in China’s western provinces. Like many cities in China, Chengdu is growing at an unprecedented pace.
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Action this year on sustainable cities and transport will shape development and quality of life for decades, say experts
Over two days, the Transforming Transportation 2015 conference explored solutions for sustainable, people-oriented mobility in cities worldwide. Photo by Taís Policanti/EMBARQ Mexico.
2015 is a pivotal year for the global sustainable development agenda. For the first time, cities will be a focal point and sustainable transport features clearly among the solutions. Global agreements expected over the next 12 months will lock in the choices we have about how to live, learn, work, and play in our cities for decades.
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Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo recognized with 2015 Sustainable Transport Award
Rio de Janeiro was one of three Brazilian cities to win the 2015 Sustainable Transport Award, the first time the award has been given to more than one city. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
For the first time in its 15 year history, the Sustainable Transport Award announced this month not one but three winning cities – all Brazilian. Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo were all recognized for their significant efforts in the past year to improve mobility, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ensure safety and access for pedestrians and cyclists to public spaces.