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International Transit Leaders at Transforming Transportation 2012
Last week, transit leaders from around the world converged on Washington, D.C. for Transforming Transportation 2012. The two-day event, hosted by EMBARQ, The World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Institute for Transportation Development and Policy, Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities, and the Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport, included a number of speakers suggesting ways to scale-up sustainable transportation systems.
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“City is not a problem, City is a solution” – Manish Bapna, the Acting President of the World Resources Institute, and Jaime Lerner discuss scaling up urban transportation innovations |
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Jaime Lerner, the mayor of Curitiba who successfully “metronized the bus,” sitting in front of this graph showing the explosive growth of bus rapid transit systems worldwide |
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Jaime Lerner describes his “urban acupuncture” approach. A video with highlights from his keynote address is available here. |
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Juan Carlos Muñoz, Professor at the Catholic University of Chile and the Director of the ALC-BRT Center of Excellence |
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Lake Sagaris, Head of Communications, Innovation and Development for Ciudad Viva and a member of the ALC-BRT Advisory Board |
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Federico von Buchwald, President of the Metrovía Foundation and Vice-President of SIBRT, presents on Guayaquil’s BRT system (available below in the full post). |
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Expanding Metrovia BRT and Feeder Service in Guayaquil, Ecuador
View more presentations from EMBARQ – The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport
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Guillermo Dietrich, Undersecretary of Transportation for Buenos Aires, presents on the municipal government’s Sustainable Mobility Plan. |
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Mauricio Facio Lince Prada, Secretary of the Municipal Government, Medellín |
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