PRISM Launches New Seed Project on Electrifying Commuter Vans in New York City
Missed our August Meet-and-Greet?
Catch the newly published recording where we explore how sustainability and climate action intersect with popular transport. Hear insights from experts at the World Resources Institute and Transport For Cairo, as well as a breakdown of our NDC template for integrating popular transport into climate commitments.
Watch the full recording now: https://lnkd.in/gtaXqxVv
ShiftSweden's Community of Learning #2: Tools for Place-based Innovation
Join ShiftSweden’s International Community of Learning for collaborative knowledge development
Date: May 5, 2025
Time: 09:00 - 10:30 CET
Platform: Online (Google Meet)
PRISM is pleased to highlight the upcoming ShiftSweden Community of Learning #2: Tools for Place-based Innovation event, where our own Aneerudha Paul, PRISM’s Project Lead for the Mumbai Living Lab, will be sharing insights on a mobility-focused Living Lab example.
This online event, organized by ShiftSweden, will bring together leading experts…
Economics of Popular Transport: Operations and Business Models
Join us for a thought-provoking Meet & Greet session organized by the PRISM Consortium in collaboration with the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF), Global Network for Popular Transportation (GNPT), Shared Use Mobility Center (SUMC), Columbia Climate School, and the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD).
This session will delve into the operational and business models of popular transport systems, focusing on shared Autorickshaws in Mumbai’s Nalasopara neighborhood. These…
Location: Bellagio, Italy
This blog discusses insights from "Climate, Equity, and Health Problems in Road Transport: Closing the Popular Transportation Gap," a chapter authored by Dr. Jacqueline Klopp as part of the broader publication Urban Sustainable Development: Governance, Finance, and Politics, edited by Pedro Vormittag, Marianna Albuquerque and Eugénie L. Birch. This work emerged from discussions at the Bellagio Convening, where experts, policymakers, and urban planners examined urgent transportation challenges and sustainable urban mobility solutions.
Dr. Klopp’s contribution…
In early November, the Next Generation PhD. Scholars of PRISM's Ghana Living Lab presented their research plans at the University of Ghana, focusing on innovative mobility solutions and regulatory challenges. Their work addresses ride-hailing governance, three-wheeler mobility services, and perceived accessibility, contributing to equitable and sustainable urban transport systems in Ghana.
Event Summary
The convening, Emergent + Empowered: Mobilizing Global Popular Transportation Networks for Equity, Health, and Climate, was held from September 9 to 13, 2024, at the Bellagio Center. This event was designed to unite changemakers and stakeholders in co-creating a shared call to action, a global strategy, and a data/research agenda to integrate popular transportation into efforts addressing sustainable development, just transitions, and emissions reduction.
From March 19 to 21, Washington D.C. hosted the Transforming Transportation 2024 and Paratransit / Popular Transportation Day at the World Bank Headquarters, focusing on "Mobilizing Finance for Climate Action"
This video is an attempt to reveal the everyday movement of a commuter seen across a station complex in the Mumbai metropolitan region. The video study is located in the Nalasopara railway station complex, looking at the current landscape of vendors and informal transportation forming an ecosystem of services for the inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
The research is part of an international program, and Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) aims to establish a Living Lab for holistic engagement in informal and shared mobility along with on-ground NGO partner …