EMBARQ Director Holger Dalkmann accompanies journalists on a tour of Transoeste, the first bus rapid transit corridor in Rio de Janeiro. Photo by Mariana Gil / EMBARQ Brazil.
EMBARQ Brasil Director Toni Lindau and the new Transoeste BRT
This post was originally published in Portuguese on EMBARQBrasil.org.
Transportation is responsible for one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions in developed nations and is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions in developing countries. Photo by EMBARQ
The United Nations will host bike ride this Friday in New York City to promote low carbon sustainable transport.
- active transport
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- Ban-Ki-moon
- bicycling
- city:New York City
- city:Rio de Janeiro
- CLoCaT
- Communications + Marketing
- country:Brasil
- country:Brazil
- EMBARQ
- Integrated Transport
- ITDP
- Janette Sadik-Khan
- low carbon transport
- region:South America
- Rio+20
- the Dutch Cycling Embassy
- United Nations
- Urban Development + Accessibility
Public transit buses, taxis and bikers take over the streets on car-free day. Photo by Carlos Felipe Pardo.
Rio de Janeiro unveiled the first station of its forthcoming bus rapid transit system, which conntects Barra da Tijuca (pictured above) to other city neighborhoods. Photo by Rodrigo Soldon.
- active transport
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- biofuel
- BRT
- Bus Rapid Transit
- C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
- CCI
- city:Bogota
- city:Des Moines
- city:Istanbul
- city:London
- city:Los Angeles
- city:Nashville
- city:Washington D.C.
- Clean Fuels
- Clean Vehicles
- Communications + Marketing
- country:Brazil
- country:China
- country:Colombia
- country:India
- country:Turkey
- country:United Kingdom
- country:United States
- cycling
- electric vehicles
- Health + Road Safety
- Integrated Transport
- Ray LaHood
- region:Asia
- region:Europe
- region:North America
- region:South America
- TheCityFix Picks
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- Walking
Medellin transformed violence and despair into hope and opportunity, using sustainable transport as one of the key levers to drive change, explained Holger Dalkmann. Photo courtesy of Carlos Felipe Pardo.
- bike share
- BRT
- Bus Rapid Transit
- city:Buenos Aires
- city:Cape Town
- city:Medellin
- city:San Francisco
- city:Washington D.C.
- country:Argentina
- country:Colombia
- country:South Africa
- country:United States
- Integrated Transport
- ITDP
- parking
- pavement to parks
- Public Spaces
- region:North America
- region:South America
- smart phone applications
- Sustainable Transport Award
- trb
New prototypes of the redesigned iconic, routemaster London bus were recently unveiled. Photo by Iwan Baan.
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- apps
- bus
- Cars
- city:London
- city:Portland
- city:Vitoria
- Communications + Marketing
- country:Brazil
- country:United Kingdom
- country:United States
- EMBARQ
- Health + Road Safety
- high-speed rail
- Integrated Transport
- region:Europe
- region:North America
- region:South America
- TheCityFix Picks
- Transforming Transportation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Urban Development + Accessibility



