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    Insights
    January 27, 2023

    Electric School Buses Can Fight – or Further— Inequity in the US

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity
    Young children board a school bus
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Equity
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    December 15, 2022

    Tunjuelito Low-Speed Zone – Bogotá, Colombia

    • Health & Road Safety
    • BIRGS project profiles
    Kids participating in a safe streets event on Camilo Cardona
    • Health & Road Safety
    • BIRGS project profiles
    Cities
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 7, 2022

    In Barranquilla, Colombia, Urban Parks Revitalize a Declining City

    • Cities
    • Prize for Cities
    • cities for all
    • Urban Transformations
    Parque Sagrado Corazon in Barranquilla, Colombia
    • Cities
    • Prize for Cities
    • cities for all
    • Urban Transformations
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    November 17, 2022

    Zero-emission Delivery Zones: A New Way to Cut Traffic, Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases

    • emissions
    • transportation
    Santa Monica street
    • emissions
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    November 2, 2022

    Which Electric School Bus Business Model Is Right for Your District?

    • school bus
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Electric school buses.
    • school bus
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 18, 2022

    Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    North America
    Outcomes
    September 19, 2022

    US Infrastructure Bill Allocates Billions for Clean School Buses, Carbon Removal

    • Top Outcome: 2021
    Multi-ethnic group of elementary age children getting on a school bus
    • Top Outcome: 2021
    Cities
    Latin America
    Outcomes
    September 19, 2022

    Brazil Commits to Reduce Traffic Deaths 50% by 2030

    • Top Outcome: 2021
    • Health & Road Safety
    People and traffic in Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Top Outcome: 2021
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    September 10, 2022

    The State of Electric School Bus Adoption in the US

    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    School bus USA
    • Cities
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    August 30, 2022

    How Nature-based Solutions Can Protect Businesses from Water Risks

    • Cities
    • Forests
    A "restoration in progress" sign against the backdrop of a wetland
    • Cities
    • Forests
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    August 17, 2022

    Colombia Launches National Roadmap for Net Zero Carbon Buildings

    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • cities for all
    Cityscape of Medellin, with buildings rising up the mountains
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • cities for all
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2022

    4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

    • transportation
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    A close-up photo depicting gas prices above four dollars
    • transportation
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    August 4, 2022

    Cidade 2000 Street Transformation - Fortaleza, Brazil

    • Health & Road Safety
    • BIRGS project profiles
    Woman carrying groceries through the neighborhood of Cidade 2000 in Fortaleza, Brazil.
    • Health & Road Safety
    • BIRGS project profiles
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    August 4, 2022

    Corrientes and Córdoba Avenue Bike Lanes – Buenos Aires, Argentina

    • Health & Road Safety
    • BIRGS project profiles
    Bike lane on Corrientes Avenue
    • Health & Road Safety
    • BIRGS project profiles
    Cities
    North America
    Update
    August 4, 2022

    The Electric School Bus Series: How North Carolina's Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is Planning for Seven Generations of Sustainability

    • transportation
    • electric school bus series
    • Cities
    • cities for all
    Cherokee Boys Club’s electric school bus as it prepares its first climb in mountainous terrain.
    • transportation
    • electric school bus series
    • Cities
    • cities for all

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