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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.
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Improved planning and design of bus priority systems can benefit 31 million people every day
The new Traffic Safety on Bus Priority Corridors report shows how safe, sustainable street design—like the pedestrian refuge island shown here in Juiz de Fora, Brazil—can sive lives on city streets. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
Washington, DC (January 14, 2015)—One of the primary challenges associated with rapid global urbanization is how to ensure the safety of city streets. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1.2 million people die on the world’s roads each year, and traffic crashes could become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030 without intervention.
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FedEx and EMBARQ team members help improve the Chennai public bus system
Chennai is the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and the third largest city in the country. EMBARQ India is working to support auto-rickshaw sector entrepreneurship and improve public bus systems in Chennai. Photo by Kamakshi Sachidanandam/Flickr.
Many cities in developing countries lack the capacity, knowledge, and tools to make informed decisions to improve mobility. The FedEx-EMBARQ Mobility and Accessibility (MAP) program addresses this challenge by leveraging FedEx’s extensive know-how and expertise to accelerate EMBARQ’s ability to help cities create mobility and access to the marketplace, jobs, schools, and communities in ways that minimize environmental impacts.
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Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities
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EMBARQ Brasil hosts mayors and city leaders, releases new publications on trends and best practices in urban mobility
EMBARQ Brasil hosted the Sustainable Urban Mobility Seminar and released five publications to help foster people-oriented urban development with access to high quality public transport. Photo by Bruno Covas/Flickr.
Providing guidance and disseminating best practices are key to developing more equitable, livable, and productive cities. This was the task assumed by Brazilian cities taking part in the Sustainable Urban Mobility: Practices and Trends seminar, which took place December 2-3, 2014, in São Paulo. Organized by EMBARQ Brasil and WRI Brasil, the event convened 160 people representing 40 medium and large Brazilian cities, including mayors, municipal secretaries, and cities’ technical staff.
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EMBARQ Turkey hosts second annual Livable Cities Symposium in Izmir
The second annual Livable Cities Symposium highlighted the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to define urban livability and outline best practices for bikeable, walkable cities with high quality of life. Photo by Mehmet Aktugan/Flickr.
How can cities harness urban mobility solutions to become more livable?
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Conference explores how to reinvent cities for strong leadership in the urban century
As the host city of the International Congress for Sustainable Transport, Mexico City has made substantial progress improving sustainable mobility in the past decade. Photo by Javier Hidalgo/Flickr.
With great satisfaction, EMBARQ Mexico celebrated the International Congress on Sustainable Transport (“X Congreso”) from October 13 - 15, 2014 in Mexico City. Now in its tenth year, Congreso is one of the largest forums in Latin America for sharing best practices in sustainable mobility and urban development locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
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EMBARQ Turkey to co-host the second Livable Cities Symposium, focused on creating bikeable and walkable cities
İzmir, pictured above, will host the Livable Cities Symposium 2014 - an international conference that will help spread best practices in shaping walkable, bikeable and livable cities. Photo by 350.org/Flickr.
Over the past half-century, the world has urbanized at an unprecedented pace. In 1970, about 37% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. This number rose to 45% in 1990, 54% in 2014, and is expected to reach 66% by 2050. Much of this urban growth is occurring in less wealthy cities, and has created distinct challenges.
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Transit-oriented development, shared mobility services, and information technologies among key transport solutions for Chinese cities
With the right government leadership, the new normal for sustainable transport in Chinese cities will include more transit-oriented development, shared mobility services, and transport innovations from the private sector. Photo by Taro Taylor/Flickr.
Transit Metropolis – administered by the Ministry of Transport – is a national program that aims to promote transit-oriented development (TOD) and high quality transit services. On October 15 and 16, 2014, the Ministry hosted the 4th Transit Metropolis Forum as one of the program’s regular capacity-building efforts.