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2022 TRANSFORMING MASS TRANSIT: Opportunities in Innovation

Tuesday, June 7th, 2022

CG/LA INFRASTRUCTURE 2022 Transforming Mass Transit Dynamic innovation in transit – especially as it relates to user experience and service delivery – will drive global innovation over the next five years. Rail transit is the infrastructure segment on the front lines of safe mobility and has the potential to drastically reduce carbon emissions and help […]

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Global Traffic Scorecard

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
NYC - Traffic Congestion

The INRIX 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard is an analysis of congestion and mobility trends in more than 200 cities, across 38 countries. A new methodology for the 2018 Global Traffic Scorecard allows for cross-national rankings and analysis, delivering in-depth insights for drivers and policy-makers to make better decisions informed by big data.

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Fourth National Climate Assessment

Monday, December 3rd, 2018
Montana Fire - Climate Change Study

The Global Change Research Act of 1990 mandates that the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) deliver a report to Congress and the President no less than every four years that “1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program . . .; 2) analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity; and 3) analyzes current trends in global change, both human-induced and natural, and projects major trends for the subsequent 25 to 100 years.”

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Shared Ebike Potential: London and New York

Monday, November 26th, 2018

Shared ebikes, implemented at scale, offer the potential to switch a significant number of trips from vehicles and also to provide easier access to public transport for the first/last mile access/egress portion of these trips. This would grow the modest number of trips currently served by publicly-managed bike share systems (29,000 per day in London and 47,000 per day in New York) and increase the overall share of trips by bicycle. This report, undertaken by Steer on behalf of Uber presents, for the first time, an analysis of the potential for shared ebikes to revolutionize travel in two case study cities: London and New York.

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How Amsterdam Became a Bicycle Paradise

Wednesday, October 31st, 2018

The Dutch capital Amsterdam is widely known for being bike-friendly. But it wasn’t always a model cycling city. Public outrage at rising traffic casualties in the Seventies caused city planners to rethink their approach to urban design. Video by Gloria Kurnik.

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World Metro Figures 2018

Thursday, September 27th, 2018

Metros are of critical importance for mobility, as societies are becoming ever more urbanized. At the end of 2017, there were metros in 182 cities in 56 countries, carrying on average a total of 168 million passengers per day. 75 new metros have opened since the year 2000. This massive growth is to be credited largely to developments in a few countries in Asia.

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America’s Ports: Another infrastructure marketplace that is more than robust

Monday, August 27th, 2018

Strange as it might seem, the threat of administration-imposed tariffs has not slowed investment in America’s ports. The extremely large megaships are coming through the Suez Canal headed to America and U.S. ports will be ready.

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Bike Sharing Can Improve Mobility & Quality of Life

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

Bike sharing offers a bevy of benefits that make them attractive investments for sustainable cities. They help address mobility challenges such as congestion, poor air quality, high greenhouse gas emissions and lack of transport options. To help catalyze further expansion of this healthy and environmentally sustainable mode of transport, the Financing Sustainable Cities Initiative (FSCI) recently interviewed experts and cyclists in Bhopal, India, and Bogotá, Colombia.

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Corporate Sourcing of Renewables: Market and Industry Trends

Tuesday, July 17th, 2018

More and more companies around the world are voluntarily and actively procuring or investing in self-generation of renewable energy. Driven by the last decade’s unprecedented reduction in the cost of renewables and a growing demand for corporate sustainability, renewables have become an attractive source of energy.

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Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2018

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

Renewable energy employment worldwide has continued to grow since IRENA’s first annual assessment in 2012. During 2017, the strongest expansion took place in the solar photovoltaic (PV) and bioenergy industries. In contrast, jobs in wind energy and in solar heating and cooling declined, while those in the remaining technologies were relatively stable (Figure 1).

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