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Transforming Transportation 2024: Mobilizing Finance for Climate Action

The City Fix

If a picture can tell a whole story, then the image below of an intersection in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, shows the past, present and future of global transformation in the transport sector. During Transforming Transportation 2024, which focused on.

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3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate

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The coronavirus pandemic hit public transport hard. Global ridership tanked initially by as much as 80%, and transit was still at around just 20% of pre-pandemic ridership at the end of 2020. There is serious concern that people will increasingly opt for private vehicles, should public. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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What Makes a Child-Friendly City? Redesigning Safer and Healthier Urban Spaces for Young People

The City Fix

Children are often under-prioritized or even disregarded in urban planning and design. It’s estimated that up to 500 children die daily in road crashes around the world; thousands more incur injuries and psychological trauma from collisions with vehicles that can. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation

The City Fix

There’s never been a better time to reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon in the United States in March 2022. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Stories To Watch: A Deeper Dive Into Electric Mobility [PODCAST]

The City Fix

One of the biggest challenges of a transition to a low-carbon world is to change the way we get around. Electrifying transport is a key element of this, but it’s about far more than selling electric cars and installing charging. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Transforming Transportation 2023: Accelerating Toward Green and Inclusive Mobility

The City Fix

After two years of unprecedented disruption to transport globally and two years of virtual conferences, Transforming Transportation returned to Washington, DC, March 14-15. More than 900 policymakers, experts and leaders in transport gathered at the World Bank Headquarters to explore.

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New Study from Bogotá Shows How Women Experience Transport Differently

The City Fix

Cities around the world are slowly realizing that gender dynamics play an important role in how people interact with transport systems. Taken as groups, women and men tend to have different travel patterns, different safety concerns, and even make different. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.