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WRI Helps Guide $4 Billion in Investment in Sustainable Urban Transport in Brazil

  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2015
People walking near Brazil public transportation
  • transportation
  • Urban Mobility
  • Top Outcome: 2015
Sao Paulo’s Linha 4 demonstrates how cities can successfully finance transport projects through public-private partnerships, and serves as a model for other areas in Brazil to follow. (Photo: Mariana Gil/ WRI Brasil Sustainable Cities)
  • Finance
  • transportation

Building a More Competitive Mexico City Through Energy Efficiency

  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • transportation
Mexico City skyline. Photo by Storkholm Photography/Flickr.
  • Energy
  • energy efficiency
  • transportation

3 Ways Sao Paulo's Companies Helped Curb Traffic Congestion

  • public transit
  • transportation
Sao Paulo is partnering with private companies to reduce the number of cars on the road, making streets more people-oriented. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil
  • public transit
  • transportation

4 Inspirations for Sustainable Transport from Rio de Janeiro

  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • transportation
 BRT in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Benoit Colin/EMBARQ.
  • Urban Mobility
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • transportation

Transport Plays a Key Role in Urban Air Quality

  • public transit
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Transport plays a growing role in both the global climate and public health in cities like Londrina, Brazil. Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil.
  • public transit
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation

RELEASE: New Design Guidelines Help Cities Save Lives On Urban Bus Corridors

  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety

3 Promising Pathways to Finance Sustainable Cities

  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Leaders at COP20 can explore a range of sources for financing low-carbon urban development including multilateral investment banks, private investors, and innovative initatives like the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions or climate-themed bonds. (Mexico City, Mexico) Photo by Boris G/Flickr.
  • Cities
  • Finance
  • climate finance
  • COP20
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • Paris Agreement
  • transportation
Insights

With Compact of Mayors, Cities Lead on Tackling Climate Change at UN Summit

  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • transportation
Through the Compact of Mayors and parallel initiatives, cities are making ambitious commitments to curb emissions, adopting new greenhouse gas emissions measuring standards, and supporting the financing of low-carbon infrastructure. Photo Credit: Braden/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Cities
  • climate finance
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • transportation
Insights

People-Oriented Cities: Mixed-Use Development Creates Social and Economic Benefits

  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
Mixed-use development combined with pedestrianization on Mexico City’s Calle Madero promotes sustainable, prosperous communities. Photo Credit: Julius Reque/Flickr.
  • public transit
  • low carbon development
  • transportation

People-Oriented Cities: 3 Key Elements for Quality Public Transport

  • public transit
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
Quality, user-friendly public transport systems provide a viable alternative to the private car and help build livable, accessible cities. Photo Credit: Alejandro Luna/EMBARQ Mexico
  • public transit
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety

Demystifying Transit-Oriented Development

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Energy Access
  • GHG emissions
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
Transit-oriented development strategies can help urban areas develop sustainably, uniting land use, transport planning, and urban design to create more people-oriented cities. Pictured: Small businesses and pedestrians at a hub near Mexico City’s Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system. Photo credit: Justin Swan/Flickr
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Energy Access
  • GHG emissions
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development

A Safe City is a Just City

  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
In Rio de Janeiro, proximity to transport is key to ensuring that residents have access to jobs and opportunities within the city. Photo Credit: EMBARQ-Brazil
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety

7 Ways to Attract and Use Climate Finance for Transport

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation
A Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in Curitiba, Brazil. Photo credit: whl.travel
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • transportation

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

Rio de Janeiro Poised to Update Its Greenhouse Gas Inventory

  • Cities
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Cities
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • GHG Protocol
  • low carbon development
  • transportation

More Urbanites, More Cars: The Challenge of Urban Road Safety and Health

  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety
  • road safety
  • transportation
  • Urban Development
  • Health & Road Safety

3 Big Opportunities to Transform Transportation

  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
  • Cities
  • low carbon development
  • transportation
  • Health & Road Safety
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Cities in Focus | Mexico City Metrobús

  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Cities
  • transportation
  • GHG emissions
  • Cities