Quito- October 17, 2016
SLoCaT and UN-Habitat Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Accelerate Action and Track Progress toward Transport-Relevant Components of the New Urban Agenda
A Call for Action for national governments to implement the necessary national action to deliver the transformation of urban mobility set out in the New Urban Agenda
Quito, Ecuador, 18th October 2016
The transport and development community, meeting together in Quito, Ecuador on the occasion of Habitat III, welcomes the New Urban Agenda´s recognition of the broad contribution of sustainable urban mobility to sustainable urbanization.
We support the vision for urban mobility set out in the New Urban Agenda – but it now needs to be implemented.
SLoCaT Partnership Welcomes New Board of Directors
Two years after its establishment the SLoCaT Partnership welcomes a new Board of Directors. The new Board, which consists of 13 persons includes 5 of the initial Board members, 4 newly elected Board members and 4 appointed, independent Board members. With the incoming new Board, the SLoCaT Board also welcomes the two new co-Chairs Amy Kenyon of Ford Foundation and Holger Dalkman from the World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.
Proximity City improving access, avoiding transport
by Cornie Huizenga and Mark Major
Transforming urban mobility
Urban transport systems are already under pressure with growing congestion in most urban areas. To cope with the additional 2.3 billion people expected to be living in urban areas by 2050, the rising demand for transport per person and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we need a rapid transformation in urban mobility patterns and modes.