HIGHLIGHTS

TOD Guide for Urban Communities

The Smart Growth Network includes more than 40 influential planning, design, and environmental organizations in the USA.

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RETWEETS

Michael Bloomberg (599,698 followers)

World Resources Institute (82,045 followers)

Ekip #RTE (2,602 followers)

iRap (1,526 followers)

@EMBARQnetwork: “@MikeBloomberg in Istanbul: 295 redesigned streets with @BloombergDotOrg save lives http://bit.ly/SFWUkS”

Retweets: 107 Favorites: 20

Empty Nest Expat (2,501 followers)

@MikeBloomberg (599,698 followers) “Istanbul's pedestrian-friendly Historic Peninsula shows Turkey's leadership on #RoadSafety http://bit.ly/1mRFB8z” (Press release on EMBARQ.org)

Retweets: 57 Favorites: 36

RETWEETS

IN THE NEWS

Photo by Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brazil

Eco-Business, Forbes Mexico, El Cronista: World Cup brings sustainable transport benefits to Brazil

“Residents of Belo Horizonte are seeing similar improvements, thanks to their new BRT system, MOVE, which was developed with support from EMBARQ Brazil.”

Read more: http://bit.ly/1rBEZeI, http://bit.ly/1p2rZwu, http://bit.ly/1p2sgzt

Photo by Kadir Citak/ EMBARQ Turkey

Mass Transit and Haberler: Michael R. Bloomberg Visits Istanbul’s Pedestrian-Friendly Historic Peninsula

“EMBARQ’s 150 experts work on-the-ground in five countries to expand sustainable mobility options by shifting urban design and transport infrastructure to serve people. “

Read more: http://bit.ly/1s2uxcV, http://bit.ly/1p2rsum

Photo by Raahgiri Day, New Delhi/Facebook

The Times of India and Urban Gateway: Raahgiri Day comes to New Delhi to scale up sustainability

“EMBARQ India and NDMC plan on expanding Raahgiri Delhi even further, expanding routes within the city and gradually increasing attendance”

Read the series on the Times of India: http://bit.ly/1p2qQoA

ON THE WEB

June and July aggregate visits of all Network websites

106,892

EMBARQ.org GLOBAL IMPACT

The map shows the demographics of the audience visiting EMBARQ. org in June and July, 2014.

ON TheCityFix.COM

Views: People-oriented Cities series

1,772 1,076 2,594 999

Demystifying TOD May 29

Quality public transport June 11

Active transport June 25

Mixed use development July 23

Read more: http://thecityfix.com/blog/tag/people-oriented-cities/

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Non-OECD cities OECD cities

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Cities’ Contribution To Global Emissions

> 70 % Of global energy-related CO2 emissions are attributable to cities

Gigatonnes

Share of cities (right axis)

FACEBOOK 4,686

likes

TWITTER 9,783

followers #TheCityFix

#sustainable #cities #transport

#Brazil

#bike #urban #Beijing #RaahgiriDay

#BRT

#WorldCup #GlobalCalculator

#climate #TOD

Inter-American Development Bank Mobility and mood: Does your commute make you happy? ow.ly/3lT4Sc via @EMBARQNetwork cc @BIDTransporte @BID_Ciudades

TOP TWEETS

Philips How can urban planners make cities more bicycle and pedestrian friendly? http://philips.to/1mqzxb3 #livablecities via @EMBARQNetwork

Microsoft 3 keys to quality #PublicTransportation to help create people-oriented #cities: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/embarq/256151/people-oriented-cities-three-keys-quality-public-transport … via @sustaincities

U.S. Green Building Council Sprawling cities decrease quality of life, while compact, mixed-use developments yield economic & social benefits: http://ow.ly/zxrOv

Michael V. Marinello @mvmarinello Global Head of

Communications for Tech, Innovation and

Sustainability, Bloomberg; Adviser, C40 Cities;

FEATURED FOLLOWERS

Cristina Rumbaitis @cristina_rdr

Associate Director at the Rockefeller Foundation.

Eric Roston @eroston

Sustainability Editor, Bloomberg. Author of THE CARBON AGE.

penndesign @penndesign

The School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania