Director's Letter

From EMBARQ Director Nancy Kete:

This year we welcome a new hue to the EMBARQ Network color palette. Like “México Green” and “Brasil Blue” that came before it, we now have “Andino Purple,” representing our newly established Center for Sustainable Transport and Health in the Andean Region (CTSS-Andino.)

The newest node in the EMBARQ Network was conceived in close consultation with the Pan American Health Organization, a leader in recognizing how sustainable urban transport can reduce chronic disease. Through the same avenues that EMBARQ has always pursued, like encouraging the use of mass transit and creating vibrant public spaces, CTSS-Andino’s projects result in cleaner air, safer streets, less noise, and more physically active citizens in cities like Arequipa, Peru.

Our expansion would not have been possible without a $1.4 million breakthrough partnership with the Andean Development Corporation, which you can read about in the pages that follow.

I am pleased that our global progress was recognized by groups like Volans, an international consultancy, which named EMBARQ a “Pioneer in the Business of Social Innovation.” We were also featured at this year's Skoll World Forum on social entrepreneurship during the “Pathways to Scale” panel, where I spoke about our efforts to foster an ecosystem of sustainable urban transport projects in Mexico, as well as our work in Istanbul over the past five years, resulting in the first transcontinental BRT system.

Time to paint the town purple!

Click here to access the full report, which includes the following highlights:

• CAF Partnership
• Mexico City's Metrobús
• Guadalajara's Macrobús
• MEDEC Study
• Transit-Oriented Development
• Istanbul's Metrobus
• World Heritage Plan
• CTSS-Andino Launch
• Arequipa Vehicle Ban
• Mercaderes Street
• EMBARQ BRT Simulator
• Porto Alegre BRT
• Delhi Bus Corridor Review
• Indore Bus Procurement
• Bangalore Cycling Action Plan

EMBARQ Year in Review: 2008-2009