Naya Raipur Development Authority (NRDA) and EMBARQ organized a half-day workshop on March 25 highlighting the importance of sustainable transport in Indian cities.

The workshop involved more than 50 senior goverment officials and delegates from the state of Chhattisgarh.

EMBARQ's new documentary film, "Overdrive: Istanbul in the New Millennium," premiered in Washington, D.C. during the Environmental Film Festival on March 24.

WASHINGTON (March 18, 2011) – A new online competition, Active Cities, Healthy Cities, was launched today to raise awareness of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean dedicated to sustainable transport, the environment, and creating a healthy lifestyle for their citizens.

EMBARQ was the only non-governmental organization invited to present its vision and strategy in the First South American Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Road Safety, held in Lima, Peru on March 14-15.

EMBARQ and the Center for Sustainable Transport and Health in the Andean Region (CTSS-Andino) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Provincial Municipality of Arequipa in Peru (MPA) to continue a public-private partnership to improve mobility, the environment, and the use of urban space.

The city of Indore added 63 modern, comfortable buses to its public transport fleet—an important step towards launching its new bus rapid transit (BRT) system.

The Center for Sustainable Transport in Brazil (CTS-Brasil) completed a "road safety audit" in Belo Horizonte along Ave. Antonio Carlos, a planned 16-kilometer bus rapid transit corridor.

Translated from Spanish via ctsmexico.org.

Mexico City's Metrobús launched Line 3 on Tuesday. The trunk line of the city's five-year-old BRT system is expected to move 120,000 passengers per day between Tenayuca and Etiopía.

Istanbul Municipality finished pedestrianizing Sultanahmet Square in an effort to protect the city's 8,000-year-old Historic Peninsula, one of the most important cultural and historic centers in the world.

Ninety streets in the heart of the peninsula have been closed to private vehicular traffic since January 8, according to Mustafa Demir, the mayor of Fatih.

The Center for Sustainable Transport and Health in the Andean Region (CTSS-Andino) and Peru's Development Finance Corp. (COFIDE) defined a "Plan of Action" to overcome operational problems of Lima’s Metropolitano bus rapid transit (BRT) system.