Message from Mitch Jackson: "Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship"
Director of Environmental Affairs & Sustainability for FedEx Corp. announces collaboration with EMBARQ
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com:
PRESS RELEASE: Mexican Cities to Benefit from FedEx-EMBARQ Transport Collaboration
Announcing the National Network for Sustainable Urban Mobility in Mexico
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 3, 2010 – The National Network for Sustainable Urban Mobility in Mexico was launched today by FedEx Corp. and its operating companies with EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport.
CTS-Brasil Hosts Workshop to Move Forward on "Portais da Cidade"
Porto Alegre's flagship BRT project receives technical support and guidance from EMBARQ Network experts
CTS-Brasil conducted a two-day workshop on January 27-28 to help Porto Alegre city officials and technical consultants identify all the steps needed to launch Portais da Cidade, the city's bus rapid transit project, by a target date of November 2012.
Key Messages from “Next Steps After Copenhagen: Opportunities and Challenges in the Transport Sector”
A wrap-up of discussions from Day Two of Transforming Transportation 2010
Last Friday, January 15, 180 transport and climate change experts from local and national governments, multi-lateral development agencies, academic institutions, nonprofits and private companies gathered in Washington, D.C.
Schipper: Fuel Economy or Fool's Economy?
A lecture by EMBARQ's founder, Lee Schipper, on important trends in the U.S. and other industrialized countries
This talk reports on several recent analyses of important trends in automobile fuel economy and usage as well as other modes of travel. The work reported on was supported by grants from EMBARQ and the Climate and Energy Program of the World Resources Institute. Among recent trends we note are these:
EMBARQ Helps Select Ahmedabad, India as Winner of 2010 Sustainable Transport Award
Developing cities dominate list of nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12, 2010 – The city of Ahmedabad, India has received the 2010 Sustainable Transport Award for the Janmarg bus rapid transit (BRT) system---a mass transit system designed to reduce carbon emissions and improve accessibility for urban residents.
EMBARQ at TRB
Members from across the EMBARQ Network present their expertise at the Transportation Research Board's 89th Annual Meeting
See below for a list of events and presentations given by EMBARQ Network staff, including EMBARQ's founder Lee Schipper. For more infomration, visit the official TRB Web site or browse the interactive conference program.
New Video! Transit Agencies Need to Invest in Marketing
A Lesson from Los Angeles
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com
Los Angeles' Metro is doing something that no transit agency in the country has ever done: it's marketing its products and services as if it were a private company bent on turning a profit. But for Metro marketing isn't about increasing the bottom line. It's about reducing traffic, cleaning the air and making people's commutes in this auto-clogged city a bit less stressful.
CTS-México Wins MAPFRE Foundation Award
Involvement in Metrobús project recognized for "Best Environmental Performance”
CTS-México received the “Mejor Actuación Ambiental” ("Best Environmental Performance") award from Fundación MAPFRE, a private foundation sponsored by the Spanish insurance company, for its contribution to the Metrobús project in Mexico City.
Register for Transforming Transportation 2010!
Two-day agenda on communications and public involvement, health and safety, and climate change
We're pleased to announce that registration for the annual Transforming Transportation event in Washington, D.C. on January 14-15 is now open. For details, please visit our Web site:
