After an 18-month intensive public engagement process, Washington, DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray released the 'Sustainable DC Plan' last week. From creating new jobs to improving transportation options to reducing building energy use, the plan sets forth a bold vision for the District of Columbia’s future.
City leaders face incredible pressure to deliver sustainable transportation. Cities now account for more than half of the world’s population—by 2050, they will hold 75 percent of us. These people – increasingly from the middle class – will need ways to commute to work, travel, and carry out their livelihoods.
Combined, the WorldGBC and C40 partnership touches every continent on the earth, engaging more than 90 nations and dozens of cities. By linking city experts with green building professionals, cities will be able to quickly develop comprehensive and customized plans to ramp up green building through the sharing of best practice and resources.
As we look back at 2012, I know that it will be remembered as a vintage year for London. We staged the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations followed almost immediately by hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games for an historic third time. Billions of people around the globe saw the very best of our city and its people.
Michael Kodransky of C40 partner organization ITDP discusses the impact on parking reform of Park(ing) day, an annual event happening tomorrow where citizens in cities around the world will turn metered parking spots into temporary public parks.
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