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    Insights
    December 23, 2013

    WRI’s Top Outcomes of 2013

    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    WRI measures its success through positive, on-the-ground change. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Equity & Governance
    • Business
    • Finance
    • climate change
    • food security
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • water risk
    Cities
    Insights
    December 10, 2013

    4 Ways Cities Benefit from Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

    • public transit
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    New research shows that bus rapid transit (BRT) systems like Bogotá's TransMilenio (pictured) have a wide range of benefits for quality of life in cities. Photo by EMBARQ.
    • public transit
    • Cities
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    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Insights
    December 5, 2013

    Saving Lives with Sustainable Transport

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Sustainable transport systems can improve traffic safety, while also offering a number of co-benefits.
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    News
    November 19, 2013

    RELEASE: EMBARQ India Recognized in 2013 Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards

    • public transit
    • Urban Development
    • public transit
    • Urban Development
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    October 17, 2013

    Smart Urban Design for India’s Sustainable Future

    • public transit
    • Cities
    Passengers board Indore's new iBus. Photo credit: EMBARQ
    • public transit
    • Cities
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 19, 2013

    Launching the iBus: How Public Outreach Led to Transport Success in Indore, India

    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    The iBus in Indore, India.
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • transportation
    Cities
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    September 4, 2013

    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
    Asia
    Insights
    April 22, 2013

    5 Keys to Sustainable Development in Indian Cities

    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    April 11, 2013

    Connecting Sustainable Transport to Urban Development in India

    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    March 1, 2013

    Embracing Ecological Progress in China

    • Energy
    • Cities
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    • Energy
    • Cities
    • agriculture
    • low carbon development
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • Freshwater
    Cities
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    4 Big Ideas to Revolutionize Transportation

    • public transit
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    • public transit
    • Cities
    • climate change
    • road safety
    • low carbon development
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    January 16, 2013

    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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