Publications

Access and Persons with Disabilities in Urban Areas
Published by: ITDP
Persons with disabilities make up nearly 15 percent of the global population, yet our cities rarely address mobility needs across the full spectrum of people’s abilities. Most cities are designed from the perspective of people without disabilities — a JT means emphasizing inclusivity across our transport and transit modes.

People’s Public Transport Policy
Published by: ITF
Policy composed by six chapters that highlight the necessary changes to transform public transport

“3 Ways to Reimagine Public Transport for People and the Climate”
Published by: WRI
This article demonstrates that public transport in cities is necessary for addressing climate change, equity and health.

“Big Changes Are Needed for More Sustainable, Inclusive Transport”
Published by: WRI
This article highlights the importance of public transport in post-pandemic cities because they improve equitable access to opportunity for more people while reducing emissions, even more so if they are electric.

“Modernization and Inclusion? Informal and Semiformal Transport in Latin America”
Published by: WRI
This research discusses the benefit to including, or not including, the informal transit sector in Latin America into a formalized system. Improving access for more residents means investing in informal transport services and integrating them with the formal when feasible.

LEADING A CLEAN URBAN RECOVERY WITH ELECTRIC BUSES: Innovative business models show promise in Latin America
Published by: ICCT
Cities globally and their transit authorities are adjusting to new realities post COVID-19, and stimulus packages are throwing a lifeline to municipalities. These packages create a unique opportunity for a green and more equitable recovery that creates jobs via investing in sustainable infrastructure. Zero-emission transit solutions such as e-buses offer municipalities a promising opportunity to decarbonize urban transportation, reduce air pollution, and create local green jobs.

TRANSITIONS – Informal Transport Compendium Report
Published by: IMC
The purpose of this report is to review the state of knowledge in the field of informal public transport in Sub-Saharan African cities, and to identify important gaps in knowledge from the perspective of formulating policy interventions with prospects for delivering low carbon, affordable and safe mass transport.

C40/ITF: Making COP26 Count
Published by: ITF
Analysis of jobs created and lowering emissiones by every dollar invested in public transport.

NUMP Guidelines
Published by: MYC
For all cities to transition towards a low-carbon and sustainable mobility, regardless their capacities and resources, national governments can offer a nation-wide strategic framework to enable actions that fulfill mobility needs of people and business in cities through NUMPs.

SUTP Module 3f: Public Transport Integration and Transit Alliances
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
Transit alliances are a solution to make public mobility attractive for all – by incorporating multiple operators into one system! In many cities, a both quantity and quality of public transport services are not keeping pace with population growth and social expectations.

iNUA #5: Transit Alliances
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
Transit Alliances can be understood as an umbrella for public transport in the form of a legal entity, administrative unit or association – which aims to integrate all public transport services and modes in a city, metropolitan area or wider region into one attractive and easy-to-use system with major benefits for users.

Taxis as a Part of Public Transport
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
This report discusses the merits of different regulatory systems for the taxi industry.

Municipality of Florianópolis, Brazil: Working towards an integrated public transportation system
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
Like many other Brazilian cities, Florianópolis faces challenges concerning traffic congestion. With an aim to transform its transportation system and mobility patterns to be less automobile-dependent and more people- oriented, Florianópolis takes an integrated and connected approach to sustainable urban mobility.

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Standard 2.1
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
The TOD Standard is a powerful tool to help shape and assess urban development. It focuses on maximizing the benefits of public transit and non-motorized mobility while placing the emphasis firmly back on the users: people.

La Paz, Bolivia: Modernizing public transport through innovative and well designed solutions
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
This is a project case story within the framework of the TUMI Challenge 2018. It gives an overview about how La Paz changed it’s public transport using innovative solutions.

Nairobi, Kenya: Accelerating change in the transport sector
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
The Mobility Accelerator aims to support youth startups that offer transformative, practical, well-researched and tested solutions to urban mobility challenges, with the aim of improving the commuting experience in African cities.

Negotiating the Deal to enable the first Rea Vaya bus ooperating System
Published by: TUMI/GIZ
The SUTP Case Study deals with the transition process from informal paratransit services to a full-scale BRT scheme in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Asian Peer Network – Regional Climate Ambition in Transport
Published by: NDC Transport Initiative for Asia/GIZ
This paper provides an accumulation of insights of the Regional Peer Network sessions in the Asian region between May 2021 and January 2022.