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MOVE Antônio Carlos is expected to carry 400,000 passengers each day
MOVE Antônio Carlos, the second of three (bus rapid transit) BRT corridors coming to Belo Horizonte, Brazil, has begun operations. Photo by Luísa Zottis/EMBARQ Brazil.
Less than two months after launching its first bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte has begun operations on its second: MOVE Antônio Carlos. The corridor is already serving 77,000 passengers per day.
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EMBARQ Turkey and the Danish Cycling Embassy co-organize workshop on designing, planning, and implementing urban cycling infrastructure
Copenhagen, Denmark has one of the most vibrant cycling cultures of any city in the world, supported by extensive infrastructure for safe cycling. The Bikeable City Masterclass looks to use that expertise to help planners and city leaders from around the world encourage cycling in their cities. Photo by Claudio Olivares Medina/Flickr.
Copenhagen, Denmark has a long tradition of cycling. The city’s recent Cycling Strategy for 2011 – 2025 was created to ensure cycling’s place in the future of Copenhagen’s transport network. This strategy includes measures like building out 400 km (250 miles) of bicycle lanes on both sides of major streets, as well as 110 km (70 miles) of more leisure-oriented trails.
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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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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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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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CONNECTKaro 2014 saw nearly 300 participants at Bangalore's ITC Gardenia hotel. On top of that, over 1,000 participants around the world tuned in to the live webcast at connectkaro.org. The event was truly collaborative, with attendees and panelists engaging in dialogue around the key themes of transit-oriented development (TOD), urban development and urbanization, traffic safety, non-motorized transport, and more. Photo by EMBARQ India.
EMBARQ India's second annual CONNECTKaro conference brought hundreds of stakeholders in sustainable transport and urban development into conversation with one another. The conference saw over 300 participants while thousands more joined sessions online. Through 15 sessions across two action packed days, CONNECTKaro brought together academics, students, bureaucrats, and practitioners on a common platform to discuss how to make Indian cities more livable and sustainable.
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EMBARQ Turkey joins the Traffic Safety Platform of Turkey as Coordinator for Urban Planning Transport
EMBARQ Turkey's partnership with the Traffic Safety Platform of Turkey (RSLab) will help to make Turkish cities safer for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists through sustainable transport and urban design. Photo by budgetplaces/Flickr.
Road traffic crashes currently contribute to 1.3 million deaths and 50 million injuries every year. The cost of these traffic accidents worldwide has reached $518 billion. If no action is taken, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that the number of fatalities arising from road traffic crashes will reach 1.9 million people by 2020.
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EMBARQ Brasil celebrates the launch of Belo Horizonte’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system
MOVE is Belo Horizonte's first bus rapid transit (BRT) system, and will serve 700,000 residents each day by the end of 2014. EMBARQ Brazil has worked with the city of Belo Horizonte since 2010 to build a safe, effective MOVE system. Photo by Luísa Zottis/EMBARQ Brazil.
Having launched on March 8, 2014, Belo Horizonte’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) system – called "MOVE" – has already had significant benefits for the city’s residents. Aiming to test its efficiency, a local press team traveled the same route by BRT and car and testified: MOVE is five times faster than the car.