The Way We Move Will Define our Future
Mobility is a precondition for economic growth: mobility for access to jobs, education, health, and other services. Mobility of goods is also critical to supply world markets in our globalized economy....
View ArticleTransforming Transportation for More Inclusive, Prosperous Cities
Also available in: Español | Français | 中文Leaders in the transport, development, and for the first time, business sectors will convene for Transforming Transportation this week in Washington, DC....
View ArticleReplacing the car with a smartphone… Mobility in the shared economy
Follow the author on Twitter: @shomik_raj Photo: Sam Kittner / Capital Bikeshare The sharing economy has been around for a long time. But recent technological advances like the development of real-time...
View ArticleTransit-oriented development — What does it take to get it right?
Follow the authors on Twitter: @chyiyunhuang and @shomik_raj A recent trip to Addis Ababa really brought the imperatives of transit-oriented development as a complement to mass transit investments...
View ArticleWhy we were happy when our bosses raised employee parking rates... Or how...
Follow the authors on Twitter: @shomik_raj and @canaless Recently, as part of a broader cost cutting initiative, World Bank management decided to do away with a long standing policy of subsidizing...
View ArticleTraffic jams, pollution, road crashes: Can technology end the woes of urban...
Photo: Noeltock/Flickr Will technology be the savior of urban mobility? Urbanization and rising incomes have been driving rapid motorization across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. While cities are...
View ArticleHow can Indonesia achieve a more sustainable transport system?
Photo: UN Women/Flickr Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,500 islands, is the fourth most populous country in the world, with 261 million inhabitants, and the largest economy in Southeast...
View ArticleMoving toward green mobility: three countries, three different paths
A local bus in Luxembourg. Photo: Fränz Bous/Flickr As discussions concluded at COP24, countries still struggle to translate their climate commitments into effective and socially acceptable actions....
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