Guide

The BRT Planning Guide

This guide is intended for public transportation practitioners, engineers and urban planners looking to implement Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). BRT serves as a powerful tool, allowing cities to create high quality mass transit with a smaller budget. However, planning a transit system is a deeply complicated process, and this guide… Read More

Program for Local and Urban Sustainability: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities for USAID Solid Waste Sector Activities

This report aims to provide actionable information for USAID staff, Missions, and local partners working to advance climate mitigation as a top priority for the Agency’s waste sector activities and initiatives. Read More

Program for Local and Urban Sustainability: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement and Reporting Guide

This Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement and Reporting Guide is designed to help USAID staff, Missions, and local partners measure and report GHG emissions reductions from their current and future SWM activities. Read More

Guidelines for Developing Integrated Solid Waste Management Plans

This guide was developed by USAID’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program to support local governments in developing a robust Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan. Read More

Transitioning to Zero- Emission Bus Operations: Considerations for Greening Transit

“Transitioning to Zero-Emission Bus Operations” is a guide intended to help transit agencies and related stakeholders understand the costs, benefits, and decision-making steps in adding zero-emission vehicles to their fleets. There are a number of considerations related to removing emissions from a bus fleet: installing supporting infrastructure, operational considerations related… Read More

Urban Resilience Sector Guidance: Power

This document is a companion document to USAID’s Urban Resilience Framework, and aims to support USAID staff and implementing partners to build activities into energy sector programming that strengthen urban resilience. Read More

Urban Resilience Sector Guidance: Health

This document is a companion to the USAID Urban Resilience Technical Guidance. It aims to support USAID staff and implementing partners to integrate activities that strengthen urban resilience into health programming Read More

Urban Resilience Sector Guidance: Governance

This document is a companion to the USAID Urban Resilience Technical Guidance, and aims to support USAID staff and implementing partners to develop activities that strengthen urban resilience in governance sector programming Read More

Urban Resilience Technical Guidance

USAID can improve development outcomes by strengthening urban resilience. Through this approach USAID can guard against risks and help capture and safeguard the benefits of urbanization, especially for the most vulnerable. Concepts from this technical guidance can be applied to focused sector programming as well as integrated programming across sectors. Read More

Building Great Transportation Infrastructure

This guide is designed for anyone looking to develop a framework for planning and funding a transportation system. It includes a host of funding pathways, best practices, steps, and other guidance for designing an effective transportation system. The guide also outlines frameworks to analyze transportation projects’ safety, equity, and climate… Read More