Air pollution in Hong Kong obscures views of the city’s skyscrapers. Photo by John Roberts
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- BRT
- Bus Rapid Transit
- city:Abu Dhabi
- city:Boulder
- city:Hong Kong
- city:karachi
- city:Paris
- Clean Fuels
- Communications + Marketing
- country:China
- country:France
- country:India
- country:Pakistan
- country:United States
- Fuel Efficiency
- greenhouse gas emissions
- Health + Road Safety
- Integrated Transport
- power outage
- public transit
- TheCityFix Picks
- Urban Development + Accessibility
EMBARQ's new report on urban highways looks at the benefits of tearing down car-centric infrastructure. Photo by Jason Rodman.
Mobile real-time transit information leads to decreases in bus stop wait time by almost 20 percent. Photo by Oran Viriyincy.
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- bicycling
- bike share
- bus
- Capital Bikeshare
- city:Seattle
- city:Washington D.C.
- country:United States
- Health + Road Safety
- Integrated Transport
- public transit
- real-time transit information
- region:North America
- Research Recap
- Transportation Research Board
- Urban Development + Accessibility
Los Angeles is offering free rides to regular commuters (and Santas) on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Photo by Greg Thomas.
- advertisements
- affordable housing
- air pollution
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- Ciclovia
- ciclovias
- Communications + Marketing
- commuters
- density
- drunk driving
- Health + Road Safety
- high density
- informal housing
- Integrated Transport
- public transit
- regulation
- road safety
- slums
- sustainable transportation
- TheCityFix Picks
- TOD
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- Women
The U.S. DOT's recent round of TIGER transport grants awarded Chicago $20 million to establish a bike share program and make improvements to the Blue Line train. Photo by Russell Sekeet.
- 2012 Sustainable Transport Awards
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- bicycling
- BRT
- Bus Rapid Transit
- city:Beijing
- city:Chennai
- city:Detroit
- city:Nashville
- city:New York City
- city:Rio de Janeiro
- city:Xiamen
- Clean Vehicles
- Communications + Marketing
- country:Brazil
- country:China
- country:India
- country:United States
- distracted driving
- drunk driving
- Exxon
- global energy
- Health + Road Safety
- hybrid vehicles
- Integrated Transport
- oil
- personal vehicles
- public transit
- public transport
- region:Asia
- region:North America
- TheCityFix Picks
- Transportation Research Board
- trb
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Urban Development + Accessibility
A new report by the WHO finds the immediate health benefits of active transport in combination with public transit to be greater than other greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigating transport options. Photo by Kyle Gradinger.
- active transport
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- alternative fuel
- biking
- city:Durban
- city:Washington
- COP-17
- country:South Africa
- country:United States
- D.C.
- electric vehicles
- greenhouse gas emissions
- Health + Road Safety
- highways
- Integrated Transport
- IPCC
- Pike Research
- public transit
- Ray LaHood
- region:Africa
- region:North America
- Research Recap
- United Nations
- Walking
- World Health Organization
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p>HopStop, a provider of pedestrian navigation and mobile transit routing services, released the Urban Travel Patterns infographic last week.
