Topic: transportation

EMBARQ, WRI’s Center for Sustainable Transport, commends the introduction of new Bus Rapid Transit lines in Mexico City and Guadalajara.

Enhanced buses along the proposed Purple Line in Maryland’s D.C. suburbs would cost less, offer similar services, and fight global warming better than light-rail cars, according to an analysis released today by the World Resources Institute.

WHAT: For the sixth straight year, World Resources Institute President Jonathan Lash will hold a briefing to preview which key environmental issues to watch in the year ahead.

Mexico City, Mexico; Londrina, Brazil; and Tulancingo, Mexico won top awards in a contest here today for urban renewal projects designed to promote physical activity and cut down on local obesity rates and other diseases related to inactive lifestyles.

The BOP share of transportation spending is consistently high in Africa.

CO2 and air pollution can be reduced significantly by improving cities’ transportation systems, but quantifying those reductions can be difficult.

Even with half of private cars off the road, Beijing remains wrapped in a haze of smog. The real causes of Beijing’s air quality woes lie elsewhere.

WHAT: Nobody wants to admit that the United States has only made slow progress when it comes to improving on-road fuel efficiency.

When it comes to urban transportation, ingenuity is the key to cleaner, greener, and smarter cities.

Learn more about three long-term, sustainable policy solutions that would help ease the pain of high gas prices.

For roughly thirty years, Mexico City has been a city in rapid decline, threatening to descend into a murky stew of crime, pollution, and chaos. But in recent years the city has regained its footing, experiencing an urban renaissance powered by a series of projects that have dramatically improved the quality of life of the 18 million people that make the city their home.

New agreement will help ensure success of city’s bus-rapid-transit system

INDORE, INDIA, February 28, 2008 – The residents of Indore, India should enjoy reduced emissions, congestion, and improved pedestrian safety a little sooner.

Dr. Lee Schipper, EMBARQ fellow at EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport, has been appointed as an editorial board member of the prestigious Transport Policy journal, the official journal of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.

Sustainable Transport Expands in Mexico

Enhanced Buses Best Option for DC-Area “Purple Line,” WRI Finds

MEDIA ADVISORY: WRI’s Jonathan Lash to Gauge Environmental "Stories to Watch" for 2009

Latin American Cities Get Physical in Fight Against Obesity and Chronic Disease

Cameroon: Urban and Rural Spending on Transportation

The Challenge of Tracking Transport-Related CO2 Emissions

Beijing's Air Pollution: It Isn't The Cars

MEDIA ADVISORY: When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy in the U.S. and Other Countries

How We Move: Sustainable Transport Around the World

Making High Gas Prices Less Painful

Mayor Taking Mexico City Green, One Bus Line at a Time

Measuring The Invisible: Quantifying Emissions Reductions From Transport Solutions - Porto Alegre Case Study

Measuring The Invisible: Quantifying Emissions Reductions From Transport Solutions - Hanoi Case Study

Indore, India and EMBARQ Team Up to Improve City’s Public Transportation

EMBARQ’s Lee Schipper Appointed to Editorial Board of Transport Policy

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