The City Fix

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Public transport is a powerful tool to curb climate emissions and to reduce dependence on private motorized vehicles – not to mention to provide more equitable and affordable access to opportunity for riders. But surprisingly few countries have made public transport part.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Transportation Sustainability 52

The City Fix

JULY 7, 2022

Cities are increasingly trying to discern what post-pandemic resilience will look like, especially in terms of mobility and public transport. And in Colombia, cities are known for their innovations in public transport systems — like Bogotá’s bus rapid transport and. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Public Transportation 105

Public Transportation Transportation Sustainability 105

The City Fix

AUGUST 6, 2020

The large cities in the Latin American region all have one thing in common: the opportunities for employment and income are concentrated in a few districts while, more and more, sprawling housing zones are located on the outskirts of cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 130

Sustainability Housing Sanitation Public Transportation 130

The City Fix

APRIL 13, 2022

I recently had the pleasure of re-visiting Curitiba, Brazil, thanks to an invitation from the Smart Cities Expo. I made my first pilgrimage in 2000, when Bogotá was implementing its bus rapid transit system, Transmilenio, and returned twice after that. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 124

Sustainability Implementation Urban Planning Public Policy 124

The City Fix

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Traditional, car-centric transport planning has not only increased greenhouse gas emissions, but has also detrimentally impacted air quality, road injuries and fatalities, and traffic congestion. As the world faces the climate crisis and continues to face a growing global road. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 126

Sustainability Transportation Public Transportation Public Health 126

The City Fix

DECEMBER 8, 2023

A new digital platform being piloted in cities around the world is making public transportation more efficient, economical and accessible, while encouraging low-carbon travel. Mobility-as-a-Service is an on-demand service that integrates various forms of transportation services into a single platform accessible.

Public Transportation 114

Public Transportation Transportation Sustainability Management 114

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Although it is widely recognized that gender disparities are echoed in the design and operation of urban transportation systems, gender-responsive transportation planning is still in its early stages. Drawing from the TOPUK project, which stands for “Women Accessing Public Transport,”.

Public Transportation 104

Public Transportation Transportation Operations Social Media 104

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the global conversation around decarbonizing transport, the spotlight on electric vehicles has never shone brighter. The EV revolution is underway, with consumers embracing them in record numbers and manufacturing ramping up around the world. And yet, electric vehicles will. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Transportation 105

Transportation Sustainability Economic Development Public Transportation 105

The City Fix

MAY 30, 2023

To cut transport emissions, moving vehicles away from burning fossil fuels is a fundamental step. However, the e-mobility transition is not only an opportunity to reduce emissions but to modernize mobility across the board, from expanding access to public transport.

Public Transportation 98

Public Transportation Transportation Budgeting Operations 98

The City Fix

JANUARY 19, 2021

For most Latin American and Caribbean cities, public transport is the single most important way to access opportunity and essential services for most urban dwellers, from finding a job to education. This blog is also available in Spanish on IADB.org. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Transportation 98

Transportation Public Transportation Education Sustainability 98

The City Fix

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Just before she took office in January 2020, Mayor Claudia López committed to redesigning a major artery of Bogotá into a “green corridor” for sustainable, active mobility. She also committed to a comprehensive participatory planning process – a potentially daunting. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 141

Sustainability Public Transportation Transportation Development 141

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 17, 2023

Improving air quality through co-creation In 2018, the Mayor of London set an ambitious goal : 80 percent of the 31 million daily trips in the city should be made on foot, by bicycle, or public transport by 2041. By the end of 2022, 63 percent of journeys fulfilled these criteria.

Transportation 246

Transportation Public Sector Social Media Development 246

AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

Just as people now consider car ownership, public transportation, and ridesharing services, organizations must expand criteria to capture the multiple dimensions offered by cloud computing and determine which creates the greatest ROI. Figure 2 shows the AWS Cloud Value Framework: cost, productivity, resilience, agility, sustainability.

Sustainability 200

Sustainability Operations Public Sector Transportation 200

The City Fix

MARCH 18, 2021

National governments face an enormous triple challenge right now: recovering from COVID-19, creating sustainable and inclusive development, and addressing the climate crisis. New research shows that focusing on cities is key to overcoming these challenges while generating considerable economic, social and environmental benefits.

Sustainability 124

Sustainability Development Government Public Transportation 124

Human Transit

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Paul Comfort, Conversations about Equity and Inclusion in Public Transportation, Comfort Consulting, 2022. But even then, it’s good to see what transit leaders are being expected to do, in the political situations they find themselves in, to sustain support for a transit system.

Public Transportation 106

Public Transportation Transportation Sustainability Operations 106

The City Fix

MAY 8, 2024

Mexico became the first nation to declare access to safe mobility a human right in 2020 and two years later passed the General Law of Mobility and Road Safety to protect people, reduce collisions and promote sustainable modes of travel. Now, with this new.

Laws 103

Laws Sustainability Urban Planning Local Government 103

The City Fix

MARCH 8, 2024

For a woman living in an African city, public transport can be a daunting experience. Women usually plan their trips in advance, and consider a multitude of factors before setting out: What is the safest way to reach the bus.

Public Transportation 75

Public Transportation Transportation Grassroots Community Engagement 75

The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This year is the 75th anniversary of the United Nations – an institution created in the wake of World War II, when the world was looking to emerge from a tragic era filled with conflict and political and economic turmoil. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 97

Sustainability Public Transportation Transportation Development 97

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 6, 2024

Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale Growing green long-distance public transport usage is critical to hitting carbon emission reduction targets and meeting global Net Zero requirements, and the research highlights how to achieve this modal shift. Hitachi train.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Transportation Press Release Sustainability 52

Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 22, 2024

With essential services becoming ever more integrated with technology, accidents like this prevent citizens from booking doctor’s appointments, paying bills, taking public transport and more.

Budgeting 96

Budgeting Security Public Transportation Sustainability 96

Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Environmental controls and sustainability: IoT sensors can assist in maximising energy efficiency, monitoring pollution levels, traffic control, and sustainable resources. Mobility and connected transit: Monitoring public transport can improve safety and hygiene. © Patrick Daxenbichler.

Social Media 116

Social Media Transportation Security Sustainability 116

The City Fix

AUGUST 28, 2023

As cities become more congested, traffic fatalities continue to rise and the impacts of climate change escalate, the need for sustainable and safe transportation solutions has reached a critical juncture. The World Health Organization reports an alarming statistic: 186,300 children.

Transportation 98

Transportation Sustainability Urban Planning Public Transportation 98

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Plummeting bus and train ridership, lost jobs, overflowing warehouses, more inequality: 2020’s disruptions to the transport sector were widespread and deep. Speaking at Transforming Transportation 2021, co-hosted by WRI and the World Bank, sustainable mobility leaders from around the world. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Transportation 98

Transportation Sustainability Public Transportation Communications 98

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

APRIL 18, 2023

One difference is that in North Carolina there were no reported local government budgeted amounts as of last December for the sub-categories of Public Transportation, Roadways and Bridges, or Other Infrastructure. Public Space 12.5 Public Space 12.5 Broadband 2.8 Green Infrastructure 1.0 Cyber Security.5 Broadband 2.8

Local Government 77

Local Government Budgeting Public Transportation Transportation 77

The City Fix

MARCH 10, 2021

Cycling, a sustainable, healthy and low-cost mode of travel, has seen a resurgence in popularity during the pandemic as cars and buses stayed off the roads. During the lockdown in the UK, cycle-to-work schemes saw a 200% rise in bicycle orders from. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 87

Sustainability Public Transportation Transportation 87

The City Fix

JULY 19, 2023

The minibus taxi (MBT) industry is the backbone of South Africa’s public transportation system with a fleet of approximately 250,000 vehicles, operated by thousands of providers, employing some 600,000 drivers. MBTs account for 80% of all journeys taken by taxi.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Transportation Accountability Operations 52

The City Fix

DECEMBER 17, 2021

China is experiencing the largest city-ward movement of people in human history. 700 million people have moved to the nation’s cities since the beginning of economic reforms in 1978. In that same time, the urbanization rate rose from less than a fifth to close. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Public Transportation Development Transportation 52

The City Fix

DECEMBER 22, 2023

With over half of the world’s population living in cities, urban spaces not only house us but offer opportunities for collective work and learning while serving as sources of creativity, inspiration and hope. Nevertheless, cities also account for a staggering.

Sustainability 59

Sustainability Accountability Housing Community Engagement 59

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DECEMBER 30, 2022

. -- " The answer is: Create a single multi-state/regional multi-modal transit planning, management, and operations authority association ," 2017 -- " Verkehrsverbund: The evolution and spread of fully integrated regional public transport in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland ," International Journal of Sustainable Transportation , 2018 When I first (..)

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Operations Sustainability 52

NLC (National League of Cities)

MAY 16, 2023

Federal funding is available for municipal leaders looking to reduce carbon emissions in public transportation fleets. The transportation sector is the largest emitter of carbon in the U.S.

Public Transportation 49

Public Transportation Transportation Laws Sustainability 49

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JULY 25, 2023

The New York Times has an article on a bus shelter public art project, " Watching for the Bus Stop Gallery." 9, the artist, whose home base is Brooklyn, will be giving people something to think about during their own public transportation journey, or purgatory as the case may be. From the article: Starting Aug.

Public Transportation 52

Public Transportation Outreach Transportation Sustainability 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

AUGUST 11, 2022

And it imposes rules on the other properties, but doesn't do too much enforcement and oversight on recycling from multiunit residential and commercial properties (" Reformulating building regulations to promote sustainability, " 2016). This also came up in comments on a recent Post article on composting, " Composting in NYC is hard."

Parks And Recreation 52

Parks And Recreation Operations Transportation Sanitation 52

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 11, 2024

And a more expanded concept of the "sustainable mobility dates to 2018 (" Further updates to the Sustainable Mobility Framework "). It's about speed versus access. Also see, " A thought about an intra-district transit network for Tysons ," (2020).

Transportation 52

Transportation Coordinator Budgeting Sustainability 52

Human Transit

JANUARY 27, 2022

He is a Bus Rapid Transit expert and an eloquent advocate for sustainable and just transport planning, and is also one of the nicest people I know. In the 2000s was a key advisor to the project that created Transantiago , a government agency managing all public transport in the capital region.

Transportation 52

Transportation Public Transportation Implementation Translation 52

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The city’s severe housing shortage threatens its ability to support its existing population and sustain its economic vitality and diversity. This can lead to more multifamily buildings, enhancing housing access near public transportation.

Housing 52

Housing Public Transportation Development Transportation 52

The City Fix

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Public transport is one of the best, most cost-effective solutions available to address today’s climate and development challenges. Buses and trains can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to two-thirds per passenger, per kilometer compared to private vehicles. The UN’s latest.

Public Transportation 98

Public Transportation Transportation Development Education 98

The City Fix

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Road development throughout the 20th century was based primarily on the premise that more infrastructure eases traffic. But evidence shows that road building, instead of reducing congestion, actually increases traffic. When travel time by car is reduced and convenience increased, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

Development 145

Development Public Transportation Transportation Sustainability 145