Holger Dalkmann, director of Embarq, the World Resources Institute’s center for sustainable transport, called the fund a “game changer,” saying the world’s population is expected to surpass 9 billion by 2050, with more than half living in Asia, mostly in urban areas.

The rate of vehicle ownership is predicted to skyrocket from around 800 million cars a decade ago to around 2 billion in 20

Holger Dalkmann, director of Embarq, the World Resources Institute’s center for sustainable transport, called the fund a “game changer,” saying the world’s population is expected to surpass 9 billion by 2050, with more than half living in Asia, mostly in urban areas.

The rate of vehicle ownership is predicted to skyrocket from around 800 million cars a decade ago to around 2 billion in 20

Holger Dalkman, director of the Center for Sustainable Transport at the World Resources Institute think tank, called the announcement "a major breakthrough" that recognizes the challenges of clean air, congestion and accessibility to transportation, particularly for people living in cities.
Dalkman also acknowledged the funding doesn't mean an end to public aid for highways, but said, "It's a step

Holger Dalkman, director of the Center for Sustainable Transport at the World Resources Institute think tank, called the announcement "a major breakthrough" that recognizes the challenges of clean air, congestion and accessibility to transportation, particularly for people living in cities.
Dalkman also acknowledged the funding doesn't mean an end to public aid for highways, but said, "It's a step

The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.

The secretary-general told world leaders and other ministers that "words must translate into action".

On the summit's fringes, international finance institutions launched a $175bn fund to boost sustainable transport.

The UN sustainable development summit in Rio de Janeiro has formally opened with a warning from UN head Ban Ki-moon that progress on the issue is too slow.

The secretary-general told world leaders and other ministers that "words must translate into action".

On the summit's fringes, international finance institutions launched a $175bn fund to boost sustainable transport.

While the world’s wealthy countries appear to be inching toward “peak travel,” a decoupling of wealth and miles traveled, that is far from what’s going on in the world’s fast-growing cities in developing countries.

Finding ways to keep such cities functional — and in particular mobile — as the human growth spurt hits a crest in the next few decades is vitally important if humanity i

While the world’s wealthy countries appear to be inching toward “peak travel,” a decoupling of wealth and miles traveled, that is far from what’s going on in the world’s fast-growing cities in developing countries.

Finding ways to keep such cities functional — and in particular mobile — as the human growth spurt hits a crest in the next few decades is vitally important if humanity i

The country has agreed that the BRT projects are necessary, and when completed, they will bring benefits to the municipalities they serve, the nation's leaders say.

Nobody is more optimistic about the prospects of BRT than Toni Lindau, director of the Center for Sustainable Transport in Brazil (CTS-Brasil), part of the international EMBARQ network, whose mission is to catalyze and help implement

The country has agreed that the BRT projects are necessary, and when completed, they will bring benefits to the municipalities they serve, the nation's leaders say.

Nobody is more optimistic about the prospects of BRT than Toni Lindau, director of the Center for Sustainable Transport in Brazil (CTS-Brasil), part of the international EMBARQ network, whose mission is to catalyze and help implement