The BRT Standard
Bus rapid transit (BRT) is a bus-based rapid transit system that can achieve high capacity, speed, and service quality at relatively low cost by combining segregated bus lanes that are typically median aligned with off-board fare collection, level boarding, bus priority at intersections, and other quality-of-service elements (such as information technology and strong branding). |
Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility
Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Global Report on Human Settlements 2013 seeks to highlight the transportation challenges experienced in cities all over the world, and identifies examples of good practice from specific cities of how to address such challenges. The report also provides recommendations on how national, provincial and local governments and other stakeholders can develop more sustainable urban futures through improved planning and design of urban transport systems. The report argues that the development of sustainable urban transport |
The Bike-Share Planning Guide
Bike-share has taken many forms over the course of its development, from free bikes left for a community to use at will to more technologically advanced and secure systems. In every iteration, the essence of bike-share remains simple: anyone can pick up a bike in one place and return it to another, making point-to-point, humanpowered transportation feasible |
Streets as public spaces and drivers of urban prosperity
This report is not only about the measurement of street elements, but about how streets, as public spaces, are associated with urban prosperity. Indeed, streets play a key role in productivity, infrastructure, environmental sustainability, quality of life and equity/social inclusion. |
Streets for walking and cycling Walking and cycling are healthy and pollution-free forms of mobility that are fundamental to life. In African cities, many are dependent on these modes as their primary means of transport. Even for those who choose public transport or personal motor vehicles, walking often becomes the dominant mode for short trips during the day. The poor quality of infrastructure for active modes, however, sends a message that pedestrians and cyclists are not welcome in the urban environment. |
TOD Standard
The TOD Standard, built on the rich experience of many organizations around the world including our own, addresses development that maximizes the benefits of public transit while firmly placing the emphasis back on the users — people. We call this form of design “transit-oriented development” (TOD), and it marks a key difference from transit-adjacent development, which is simply development located next to transit corridors and stations. |