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Several trains carrying freight gather on tracks
  • Climate
  • transportation
  • public transit

Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
  • electric mobility
  • Clean Energy
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Air Quality
Update

Celebrating 10 Years of Collaboration on Public Transportation from WRI and FedEx

  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
Avenue in Mexico City
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • Urban Mobility
Initiatives

TUMI E-Bus Mission

Transmilenio electric transit bus charging at an electric bus depot in Bogota, Colombia

Are We Ready for Autonomous Vehicles? The Uncertain Road Ahead

  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
self-driving car
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

DC’s Metro Closure Shows Why Creating Trust in Public Transit Matters

  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation

Rising Tides in the United States

  • data
  • Climate
  • sea level rise
  • data
  • Climate
  • sea level rise

Interactive Graphic: What Do Your State’s Emissions Look Like?

  • data
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants
Electricity is the largest source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Photo byJarrett Callahan/Flickr
  • data
  • fossil fuels
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • U.S. policy
  • power plants

Mexico City’s Car Congestion Slows Economic Growth, Costs Businesses

  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Motorized vehicles are responsible for nearly half of Mexico City's greenhouse gas emissions. Photo by Curt Carnemark / World Bank
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

Tree Cover Loss Spikes in Russia and Canada, Remains High Globally

  • Forests
  • data
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
Forest fire in Banff, Canada. Photo by Sarah Lindstrom/Flickr
  • Forests
  • data
  • global forest watch
  • mapping

$150 Million to Transform Sustainable Transport in Mexico City

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
With the new investment to modernize and expand Metrobús, Mexico City is making high quality sustainable mobility a reality for its residents. Photo by Taís Policanti/EMBARQ Mexico.
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Insights

What Will Future Emissions Look Like?

  • International Climate Action
Smog in Beijing, China. Photo by Gérard Métrailler/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action

STATEMENT: Global Forest Watch Wins UN Big Data Climate Challenge Prize

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping

Open Data: A New Tool for Building Climate Resilience

  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • data
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise
In 2012 alone, extreme weather events caused more than $110 billion in damages and claimed more than 300 lives. Photo credit: Randy Le'Moine, Flickr 2012
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • data
  • extreme weather
  • sea level rise

Boom and Bus: How Public Transport Can Curb Road Deaths as Our Cities Grow

  • public transit
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
BRT system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: Guilherme Mendes Thomaz, Flickr
  • public transit
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
Videos

Cities in Focus | Los Angeles Metro: Promoting Mass Transit

  • public transit
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • public transit
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions