🚍 NEW ANALYSIS: How can cities build financially resilient public transit systems? Our latest working paper examines how transit agencies worldwide are adapting their funding models to ensure long-term sustainability. Key insights: • Traditional fare-dependent models are increasingly vulnerable • Successful agencies tap into multiple revenue streams • Emerging funding mechanisms like land value capture and congestion pricing present untapped funding opportunities • Policy frameworks need updating to enable funding diversification This research provides actionable recommendations for transit agencies, city leaders and policymakers. Read the full paper to learn how Copenhagen, Paris and others diversify transit revenue: https://bit.ly/4g5fEVC #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #UrbanResilience #UrbanDevelopment #SustainableTransport
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WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities helps create accessible, equitable, healthy and resilient urban areas for people, businesses and the environment to thrive. Together with partners, it enables more connected, compact and coordinated cities. The Center expands the transport and urban development expertise of the EMBARQ network to catalyze innovative solutions in other sectors, including water, buildings, land use and energy. It combines the research excellence of WRI with 15 years of on-the-ground impact through a network of more than 250 experts working from Brazil, China, Ethiopia, India, Mexico and Turkey to make cities around the world better places to live. More information at www.wrirosscities.org.
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Schuyler Null
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Ondine Brent Eysseric
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Integrated Transport & Road Safety at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities | Visiting Faculty NLSIU | Multimedia Producer | Views always personal
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🚶🏼♂️🚶🏿🚶🏽♀️➡️ Everyone can play a part in helping cities become more walkable! 👇 Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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🚗🚲🚇 The future of #transport is sustainable, resilient and inclusive. Join global experts at Transforming Transportation 2025, March 11-12, 2025, and help shape this future! Co-hosted by The World Bank & WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. More #TTDC25 news and updates coming soon!
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🎄 Merry Christmas from WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities! 🎅🏽 From Beijing to Rio, public spaces play a key role in preserving holiday traditions that weave a festive spirit into the fabric of city life. See how these spaces transform over the holidays in cities worldwide: https://bit.ly/3ZHa4lc #PublicSpace #holidays #christmas #NewYears
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🔍 How can transit agencies build financial resilience? Our latest working paper analyzes transit funding strategies across major global cities, from Washington DC to Jakarta. The research reveals three key pathways: 1. Direct funding from transport system revenue (fares, parking fees, congestion charges) 2. Indirect funding from economic activities supported by transit (land value capture, employment taxes) 3. General funding through broader government support Most importantly, agencies with diversified revenue streams proved better equipped to maintain service through disruptions. Explore the complete findings: https://bit.ly/4g5fEVC #PublicTransport #UrbanPlanning #SustainableTransport #UrbanResilience
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🌐 In #UrbanPlanning, "Connectivity" refers to the directness and frequency of links in a street network. Dense networks disperse traffic and shorten travel distances, making cities more walkable & less car-dependent, reducing pollution and improving public health. #Connectivity
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Which solutions shaped urban sustainability in 2024? 🌱 WRI Brasil, World Resources Institute Europe, WRI Africa, WRI Türkiye, WRI India, World Resources Institute México, and World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia share their insights and innovations in #TheCityFix's most-read stories of 2024: https://bit.ly/4iH4yIa #SustainableCities
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50 years ago, Bogotá tried an Open Streets experiment, closing 5km of road to cars for a few hours. 🚴🏽♀️🏃🏽 Today, Ciclovía opens 100km of streets weekly, attracting 2M people. Read the full story of how this pioneering program prioritized people over cars: https://bit.ly/3VBEoMS #OpenStreets #Cycling #UrbanMobility #ActiveMobility #Ciclovía
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Urban cooling systems are struggling to meet rising temperature demands globally, with disadvantaged neighborhoods facing the greatest risks. 🌇🌡️ Explore how outdated infrastructure and #ExtremeHeat are creating an urgent public health challenge. (via The Guardian)
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"We need complete neighborhoods for all." - Cibele Assmann, Urban Planner, Florianopolis, Brazil. 🇧🇷 The recent UrbanShift Latin America Forum in Belém, Brazil, highlighted how cities are evolving to become more resilient through: 🏘️ Increased housing density 🔋 Low-carbon transportation 🌱 Integration of nature-based solutions 💪 Community empowerment initiatives Learn more about how Latin American cities are working to ensure resources are accessible to all while building climate resilience: https://bit.ly/3CJoj14 #UrbanShift #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDevelopment #ClimateAction #cities #sustainability #SustainableCities
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