Moving into Guadalajara, CTS-Mexico and EMBARQ work to promote sustainable transport.
Building off its success in Mexico City, CTS-Mexico has opened a branch office in Guadalajara, the second largest city in Mexico. The office is supporting the city’s Macrobus project, a 16-kilometer bus rapid transit line on Calzada Independencia, one of the most important arteries in the city. The new line, scheduled to open in early 2009, is expected to move 130,000 to 170,000 passengers per day, reducing more...

EMBARQ's Dr. Lee Schipper, Director of Research, and Wei-Shiuen Ng, Research Analyst, contributed a chapter to the WRI report, “Growing in the Greenhouse: Protecting the Climate by Putting Development First,” published in December 2005. They examined two major emerging constraints on transport in the fast-growing urban cities of China: oil supply and urban infrastructure. EMBARQ’s engagement in China includes technical assistance with demonstration projects and financing, as well as polic more...