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Passengers disembark from Mexico City's bus rapid transit (BRT) system, Metrobús, across the street from an Ecobici bike-share parking station. Photo by EMBARQ Mexico.
In the fight against climate change, Mexico will receive US$3 million from the Partnership for Market Readiness, a grant initiative from the World Bank to finance multiple mitigation strategies
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Smog descends on São Paulo, Brazil. Photo by gaf.arq/Flickr.
“The world’s urban areas have a tremendous opportunity to contribute to solutions, and a unique capacity to implement change that would affect the large majority of the world’s population.” - Benoit Lefevre, Senior Associate for Transport and Climate, EMBARQ
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Signing of long-term agreement deemed critical in dispelling continued uncertainty
Car-culture inhibits progress in Mexico. Photo by Curt Carnemark/World Bank. Enlarged and cropped.
“It is not possible to continue to receive extensions in the regulations of imported used vehicles. It is urgent to have long-term public policies that allow for planning, and the State should implement strong measures to enable monitoring of imported used cars," concluded representatives from civil associations across Mexico, including EMBARQ México, Centro Mario Molina, and the Mexican Center for Environmental Law.
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Partners in the Transforming Transportation 2013 conference share lessons, ideas, and opportunities for action
From left to right: Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank; Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist; and the Honorable Michael Bloomberg, New York City at Transforming Transportation 2013 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron Minnick/EMBARQ.
Urbanization is one of the most significant modern-day phenomena and making urban transport more sustainable has become an urgent development priority. Six out of 10 people will live in cities by 2030. These growing cities are struggling to provide services to residents and deal with overburdened roads, as well as the threat of climate change and rising road traffic injuries.
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From left to right: Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute; Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank; Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist; The Honorable Michael Bloomberg, New York City; and Rachel Kyte, World Bank, at Transforming Transportation 2013 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron Minnick/EMBARQ.
Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, and The Honorable Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City were featured in the keynote address at the 10th annual Transforming Transportation last Friday in Washington, D.C. This year's meeting of government leaders, policy experts, economists, and transport practitioners highlighted big opportunities for sustainable transport at the global, national, and local levels.
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The World Resources Institute and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) announced a partnership today during the 10th annual Transforming Transportation conference. Photo by EMBARQ.
The World Resources Institute, led by its sustainable transport center, EMBARQ, and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) established a partnership today that will further their mutual goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from urban transportation. The partnership focuses on scaling up solutions and enhancing C40 cities transport efforts related to sustainable urban planning, bus rapid transit systems, and non-motorized transit initiatives.
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EMBARQ Director Holger Dalkmann boards the TransOeste bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. TransOeste is the city's first advanced bus system, and will be comprised of 150 kilometers (93 miles) of BRT corridors upon its completion. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil.
The need for action on sustainable transport has never been more apparent than it is today. The world’s population is expected to reach a whopping 9.8 billion people by 2050, with about 70 percentof these people residing in cities. Meanwhile, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are on the rise.