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From Santiago to Shenzhen: How Electric Buses are Moving Cities

The report details the steps cities must take to electrify their bus fleets, with recommendations on various key factors like route planning, financing models, charging infrastructure and policies. This resource can be especially useful to transport planners and operators looking for good practices and recommendation to help make better decisions… Read More

Taming Traffic

This report is intended for policymakers, decisionmakers, engineers, and other stakeholders looking to increase road safety and create more pleasant environments for walking and cycling. Reducing traffic is a central goal for many cities, but focus is often put on strategies such as new road construction or expansion. Instead, this… Read More

On-Street Parking Pricing Guide

This report is intended for parking managers, city officials and decisionmakers interested in reforming on-street parking to better maximize street space in their cities. Appropriate parking pricing is essential in order for cities to best prioritize street space. In line with this, the on-street pricing guide provides insight into a… Read More

Why Every City Can Benefit From a ‘15-Minute City’ Vision

This blog post touts the benefits of cities adopting a “15-minute city” vision, where they pursue policies that aim to make it easier for residents to access most of their daily needs within a short walking or cycling distance. It’s written primarily for regional planners who may be considering implementing… Read More

How to Implement Transit-Oriented Development

This guide is intended primarily for planners and decision makers as they plan out urban development that maximizes proximity of housing, jobs, services, and amenities to public transit hubs. Car-dependence has a variety of negative health, safety, climate, and equity impacts. With this guide, planners can help design effective, transit-oriented… Read More

Integrating Climate Adaptation: A Toolkit for Urban Planners and Adaptation Practitioners

Climate change and its effects have become increasingly relevant challenges to global urban environments. This resource provides a good roadmap of the challenges that climate change poses to cities, as well as potential mitigations. Readers such as development banks, planners and decision makers can gain greater insight on the relationship… Read More

From Pilot to Permanent: How to Scale Tactical Urbanism Using Lessons from the Global South

This brief looks at the process and analyzes the goals, challenges, and lessons from tactical urbanism projects across a spectrum of cities in the Global South to offer recommendations that will help ensure that temporary interventions are eventually made permanent.

Gender-Based Violence on Public Transport

This report is intended for transport planners and decision makers to nderstand gender-related challenges in the transport system. The report provides an account of the risks that women face on public transit, drawing from surveys and studies. With it, planners can better understand and quantify the safety risks that women… Read More

Transport- The Essential Connector

This infographic is primarily aimed at general public to raise awareness about the importance of sustainable transportation systems. As urban population increases, it is critical to ensure that everyone’s transportation needs are met efficiently, and public transport is key to doing that. The infographic summarizes the importance of high quality… Read More

Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design

This guide is relevant for policymakers, researchers, activists, community workers, and organizations working in gender, urban planning, and transportation sectors. Most cities’ designs center on able-bodied men than they do for women, girls, sexual and gender minorities, and people with disabilities. This spans everything from public restroom availability to wheelchair… Read More