The Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico (CTS-México) is hosting a Spanish-language webinar today at 3:30 p.m. CDT about nationally financing climate change actions in Mexico.

EMBARQ Brasil, in partnership with the Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB) and the Municipal Housing Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro (RJ SMH), is working to insert sustainable transport into Morar Carioca, a citywide slum upgrading program that will affect more than 20 percent of the city's population. 

The Metropolitano System of Transport, more commonly known as Metropolitano, in October completed one year of full operation. The Metropolitano Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Segregated Corridor of High Capacity (known as COSAC I, by its Spanish acronym) reached its 100 millionth passenger mark.

After being successfully held in Rio de Janeiro in May this year, the second edition of the workshop "Marketing BRT: How to Attract and Captivate Users" is now coming to Belo Horizonte through a partnership between Topics:

• Sustainable Mass Transit

EMBARQ Director for Research and Practice Dario Hidalgo shared his insights on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems at a Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) workshop held on September 23, 2011 in Surat, India.

Arequipa transport and health authorities yesterday gathered at the city’s Town Hall of the Provincial Council to present the new publication, Moviéndonos hacia una Ciudad Saludable (“Moving Us Towards a Healthy City.”) Among the meeting’s attendees were Mayor of Arequipa Alfredo Zegarra Tejada, Deputy Minister of

A version of this post originally appeared in Portuguese on EMBARQBrasil.org.

The 51st Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded at the end of September with the adoption of various strategies and action plans regarding health issues in the region.

Arequipa’s transport system affects the health of its residents, leading to 320 traffic fatalities over three years, fostering regular walking and biking rates of only 9.9 percent, and contributing to dangerous air pollution levels that far exceed World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines, according to a new study by EMBARQ Andino.