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Cities
Insights
March 20, 2020

COVID-19 Could Affect Cities for Years. Here Are 4 Ways They’re Coping Now.

  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • health
  • transportation
New York city transit
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • health
  • transportation
Cities
Asia Latin America
News
December 18, 2019

RELEASE: Safe, Affordable Sanitation a Pipe Dream for Too Many Households in Global South

  • cities for all
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • health
  • cities for all
  • sanitation
  • waste
  • Cities
  • health
Cities
Asia
Insights
November 20, 2019

To Clean Delhi’s Air, Reform Its Transport System

  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • health
  • transportation
New Delhi's air quality, already poor, tends to plummet as Diwali ends and winter begins. Photo by Sumita Roy Dutta/Wikimedia Commons.
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • health
  • transportation
Cities
Insights
June 5, 2019

5 Under-recognized Impacts of Air Pollution

  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
Visible air pollution in Delhi, India
  • Climate
  • Cities
  • Air Quality
  • Sustainable Development Goal 3
  • health
Cities
Insights
May 6, 2019

Is Your City Really Serious About Road Safety? Look for These 3 Things

  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
Washington, DC
  • health
  • road safety
  • transportation
Cities
Africa
Insights
April 17, 2019

Q&A: One Woman Aims to Save Kids’ Lives by Redesigning the Roads They Walk

  • Urban Transformations
  • Prize for Cities
  • road safety
  • poverty
  • health
Ayikai Charlotte Poswayo
  • Urban Transformations
  • Prize for Cities
  • road safety
  • poverty
  • health
Cities
Africa
Insights
April 3, 2019

Urban Transformations: In Tanzania’s Capital, Safer Children Mean Better Neighborhoods

  • Urban Transformations
  • road safety
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • Urban Development
Children in Dar es Salaam
  • Urban Transformations
  • road safety
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • Urban Development
Cities
Insights
January 11, 2018

We Know How to Save Millions from Dying on the World’s Roads

  • health
  • road safety
  • Urban Development
Mexico City
  • health
  • road safety
  • Urban Development
Cities
Insights
May 12, 2017

4 Steps to Promote Safer Speeds that Save Lives

  • health
  • road safety
Speed limit sign and pedestrian crossing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • health
  • road safety
Cities
Insights
May 9, 2017

The Need for (Safe) Speed: 4 Surprising Ways Slower Driving Creates Better Cities

  • Cities
  • health
  • road safety
Bangkok traffic
  • Cities
  • health
  • road safety
Cities
North America
Insights
March 16, 2016

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

  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • health
  • transportation
Cities
Insights
July 23, 2015

How to Make Cities Safer by Design

  • public transit
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
  • public transit
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Cities
Asia
Insights
May 8, 2015

Designing Safer Cities for Children

  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Children in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Brian Negin/Flickr
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Cities
Latin America
Insights
February 3, 2015

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
Cities
Insights
June 26, 2014

People-Oriented Cities: Designing Walkable, Bikeable Neighborhoods

  • biking
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Mexico City has created urban streetscapes around its Metrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system that support safe bicycling and walking, connecting urban residents to mass transport. Photo by Alejandro Luna/Flickr.
  • biking
  • Cities
  • road safety
  • health
  • transportation
Cities
Latin America North America
Insights
June 3, 2014

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
Cities
News
November 27, 2013

MEDIA ADVISORY: New Report and Panel Discussion on Saving Lives and Improving Traffic Safety with Sustainable Transport

  • transportation
  • road safety
  • health
  • Urban Development
  • transportation
  • road safety
  • health
  • Urban Development

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