The Global status report on road safety 2013 presents information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population. The report indicates that worldwide the total number of road traffic deaths remains unacceptably high at 1.24 million per year.

The BRT Standard was developed by IDTP, in collaboration with GIZ and other partners with the objective to create a common definition of Bus Rapid Transit and certify high-quality BRT systems around the world.

National renewable energy markets are projected to grow strongly in the coming decade and beyond as shown by current policies & targets, and by scenario and expert projections. EU, US, Japan, China, India are well on their way into this future according to this new report by REN21.

Samarthyam in collaboration with Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities have conducted walkability audits to evaluate the accessibility of street and road infrastructure, the interstitial spaces between buildings from and to transport terminus and key destinations in Delhi for persons with disabilities and reduce mobility.

Transit Oriented Development is essentially any development, macro or micro, that is focused around a transit node, and facilitates complete ease of access to the transit facility, thereby inducing people to prefer to walk and use public transportation over personal modes of transport.

Maintaining high quality standards and excellent customer service will be critical to the successful roll out of cycle sharing in India over the coming years. Public cycle sharing systems: A planning toolkit for Indian cities introduces the key ingredients of best practice cycle sharing systems.

Read text of the Delhi High Court judgement dated 18 Oct 2012 in favour of the controversial 5.8 km Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand BRT corridor in south Delhi.

In this fifth edition of Cities of Opportunity, PwC and the Partnership for New York City again examine the current social and economic performance of the world’s leading cities. Also add a future dimension that probes the shape of city economies to come.

Developing countries need to transition to a low-carbon transport sector now to avoid locking themselves into an unsustainable and costly future, says a report by the World Bank.