O ex-governador Jaime Lerner estreia nesta semana como conselheiro do World Resources Institute (WRI), com sede em Washington. Seu nome foi indicado pela EMBARQ Brasil, organização internacional que atua na promoção de soluções sustentáveis em questões de mobilidade urbana. A primeira reunião de Lerner como conselheiro do WRI é nesta segunda-feira, na capital norte-americana.
O ex-governador Jaime Lerner estreia nesta semana como conselheiro do World Resources Institute (WRI), com sede em Washington. Seu nome foi indicado pela EMBARQ Brasil, organização internacional que atua na promoção de soluções sustentáveis em questões de mobilidade urbana. A primeira reunião de Lerner como conselheiro do WRI é nesta segunda-feira, na capital norte-americana.
Lee Schipper, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley:
One of EPA’s vital services is testing and certifying various products. When I started EMBARQ, the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport I was besieged by emails about snake-oil cures for engine emissions and poor fuel economy.
O prefeito de Belo Horizonte, Marcio Lacerda (PSB) assina nesta quarta-feira convênio com o Centro de Transporte Sustentável do Instituto de Recursos Mundiais (WRI, em inglês) e o CTS-Brasil (Centro de Transporte Sustentável do Brasil), para elaborar estudos de consultoria visando assegurar a qualidade e eficiência dos corredores rápidos de ônibus (BRT, em inglês).
"The Chinese are understanding very well the challenge ahead. The challenge ahead is that with the growth of personal income and activity, there's a greater need of mobility," said Dario Hidalgo, senior transport engineer for EMBARQ, a group researching international transport at the World Resources Institute.
"The Chinese are understanding very well the challenge ahead. The challenge ahead is that with the growth of personal income and activity, there's a greater need of mobility," said Dario Hidalgo, senior transport engineer for EMBARQ, a group researching international transport at the World Resources Institute.
The World Resources Institute, a nonprofit research group based in Washington, D.C., conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from light rail and the bus rapid transit alternative. A train's emissions depend on the source of the grid power used to run electrified cars.
The World Resources Institute, a nonprofit research group based in Washington, D.C., conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions that would result from light rail and the bus rapid transit alternative. A train's emissions depend on the source of the grid power used to run electrified cars.
Nancy Kete, director of a non-profit agency that develops transportation solutions thinks the president is "on the right track". However, Ms Kete said more attention was needed on other modes of transport.
Nancy Kete, director of a non-profit agency that develops transportation solutions thinks the president is "on the right track". However, Ms Kete said more attention was needed on other modes of transport.
