Guitierrez said, \u201cDespite the progress of urban mass transit in Latin America, the managers of transit agencies and other transport projects do not currently have the tools to deal with some of the problems that exist in the industry. This new association will help transport officials identify common challenges, share their experiences and knowledge, and ultimately, improve their services.\u201d<\/p>\n
Association members will pay an annual fee to participate in meetings and workshops that will take place throughout the year. EMBARQ Network experts will work with members to measure the performance, impact and management of their city\u2019s existing transit systems, as well as to plan and implement future transport projects.<\/p>\n
Specific technical and managerial support will come from the EMBARQ Network\u2019s three Latin American centers: the Center for Sustainable Transport in Brazil<\/a> (CTS-Brasil), the Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico<\/a> (CTS-M\u00e9xico), and the Center for Sustainable Transport and Health in the Andean Region<\/a> (CTSS-Andino.)<\/p>\n \u201cLatin America has some of the highest rates of urbanization and motorization in the world, leading to problems, such as congestion, pollution, traffic-related injuries and deaths, and the loss of public space,\u201d said CTS-Brasil Director Toni Lindau<\/a>, who helped convene the association. \u201cBy sharing best practices, members of ALABRT will be able to improve the quality of their service, foster an efficient and competitive transport industry, and demonstrate how bus rapid transit, metro, rail and other integrated transport systems can help improve health, safety, quality of life and economic competitiveness in a city.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe association is set up to be an institutional vehicle for direct communication and collaboration among Latin America\u2019s premiere transit agencies,\u201d Gutierrez said. \u201cWe hope to grow the association to include other members, including multilateral development banks, nonprofits, businesses, transport planners and other experts.\u201d<\/p>\n The first official meeting and opening ceremony for the Latin American Association for Bus Rapid Transit and Integrated Transport Systems or Asociaci\u00f3n Latinoam\u00e9ricana de Sistemas BRT y Sistemas Integrados de Transporte (ALABRT) will take place on April 14-16 in Curitiba, Brazil. The event will be hosted by Brazil\u2019s Mayor of Curitiba Carlos Alberto Richa and sponsored by the Andean Development Corporation. Former mayor of Curitiba, Jaime Lerner, who helped transform his city through sustainable transport and urban planning, will be named Honorary President.<\/p>\n Top executives from Latin America\u2019s most influential transit agencies will gather next month to launch the Latin American Association for Bus Rapid Transit and Integrated Transport Systems–a member-driven organization that seeks to advance urban public transport and improve quality of life in the region\u2019s biggest cities. EMBARQ \u2013 The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4660,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nParticipants include the presidents and senior staff of 17 transit agencies from cities in Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Guatemala and Chile. Officials from Bogota\u2019s Transmilenio in Columbia and Curitiba\u2019s RIT in Brazil, two of the region\u2019s most successful BRT systems, will also be present.<\/p>\n<\/img><\/a>
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