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Walking and cycling in Western Europe and the United States
Posted on: 26 February 2014
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This document provides a brief overview of cycling and walking trends and policies in the United States and Western Europe, with a focus on the United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands, the countries for which the most comparable and detailed data are available.
Responsible tourism
Posted on: 13 February 2014
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This blog provides features from leading responsible tourism experts and writers, tackling key issues affecting the industry, from carbon emissions and community engagement to making the business case for Responsible Tourism.
Sustainable transport on course while Warsaw wobbles
Posted on: 10 February 2014
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This report presents a summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 19) in Warsaw, Poland, and progress on the post 2015 sustainable development agenda and their significance for land transport.
Social, environmental and economic impacts of BRT systems: Bus Rapid Transit case studies from around the world
Posted on: 10 December 2013
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Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a high-quality, efficient mass transport mode, providing capacity and speed comparable with urban rail (light and heavy rail). Its insertion in urban transport systems is relatively recent and as a result there remains a need to introduce the concept to several audiences, particularly urban transport decision makers, and to better understand its cost, performance and impacts. To that end, this report provides a synthesis of existing literature and new data, and develops a detailed analysis on selected case studies to explore the economic, environmental and social impacts of BRT. This report aims to synthesise available evidence regarding BRT performance, costs and impacts, and contribute new evidence from four case studies: TransMilenio, Bogota, Colombia; Metrobús, Mexico City, Mexico; Rea Vaya, Johannesburg, South Africa; and Metrobüs, Istanbul, Turkey.
Saving lives with sustainable transport: Traffic safety impact of sustainable transport policies
Posted on: 5 December 2013
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This document reviews evidence of the safety benefits of sustainable transport, with a particular focus on the applicability of these findings to cities in developing countries. Where the information is available, it also provides estimates of the magnitude of safety benefits that have been recorded for specific projects.
The Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network
Posted on: 3 December 2013
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The Environmental Sustainability Knowledge Transfer Network exists to accelerate the UK’s transition to a low carbon, resource and energy efficient economy by connecting businesses, universities, other research organisations and government agencies, and catalysing innovation across a wide range of environmental technologies. Videos of conferences and worksops are available here.
Bus Rapid Transit Data
Posted on: 2 December 2013
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This a leading resource on global Bus Rapid Transit data for experts and decision-makers in public investment, The goal is to improve the sustainable transport community’s access to reliable and current data about the BRT and bus corridors in operation.
The City Fix
Posted on: 27 November 2013
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TheCityFix is an online resource for learning about the latest in sustainable urban mobility and planning. Launched in 2007, the site connects a global network of writers, urban planners, designers, engineers, and citizens who work to make cities better places to live. The blog is produced by EMBARQ, a not-for-profit program of the World Resources Institute that works to catalyse and help implement environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable transport and urban planning solutions.
Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria for Destinations
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria, issued by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council, are an effort to come to a common understanding of sustainable destinations, and are the minimum undertakings that any tourism management organization which wishes to be sustainable should aspire to reach.
Conference on sustainable development of tourism in islands. Réunion Island, France, 11-13 September 2013
Posted on: 21 November 2013
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This event, jointly organised by the World Tourism Organization and the French government, addressed a whole range of relevant issues for island destinations, from the competitiveness and sustainability perspectives, identifying specific challenges and vulnerabilities and examples of relevant actions. A summary of the event is available online.
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