Cristina Albuquerque
Urban Mobility Manager

Cristina is the Urban Mobility Manager for WRI Brasil's Cities Program. She works to transform the transport system in Brazil's cities to cleaner and more efficient means. This increases the quality of public service and reduces environmental impacts.
Cristina provides advice and support to cities designing and implementing low-carbon, high efficient transport solutions and policies, including electrification of the transport sector, transport demand management, new sustainable mobility, among others. Cristina is also one of the WRI representatives in the BRT Center of Excellence.
Cristina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and a Master's degree in Transportation Systems from the same university. She also holds a Project Management Specialization at UFRGS.
Projects
Air Quality
Advancing data-driven solutions for cleaner air, better health and a more stable climate
Part of CitiesTUMI E-Bus Mission
This international coalition assists 20 cities in creating world-leading electric bus fleets and scaling e-bus adoption to hundreds more through city-to-city mentorship.
Part of CitiesAccelerating Electric Bus Adoption in Colombia
Working directly with mid-sized Colombian cities to provide technical assistance around procurement, financing, operations, social inclusion and more.
Part of CitiesElectric Mobility
Increasing access to electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, and optimizing to reduce emissions.
Part of CitiesQualiÔnibus – Quality Public Transport
WRI Brasil developed the QualiÔnibus Program to support cities and operators in the process of continuous quality improvement with a focus on people.
Part of Cities