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City challenges

Today, almost three quarters of the world's population resides in…

30 March 2009 | By Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum

Today, almost three quarters of the world's population resides in cities - and this share is increasing. By 2025, it is estimated that there will be 135 cities worldwide with more than four million people. Cities that provide high quality access and efficient, environmentally and socially sustainable mobility are likely…

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Improving travel in cities

Policy-makers around the world more or less agree now that…

1 April 2005 | By Jack Short, Secretary General, European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT)

Policy-makers around the world more or less agree now that the best way to achieve sustainable urban travel is via a package of complementary measures that draw from regulatory, pricing and technological tools. And while recent experience from ECMT and OECD countries shows that while many countries and cities are…