The World Bank and the World Resources Institute's (WRI) sustainable transport center, EMBARQ, will co-host the 10th annual “Transforming Transportation” event on sustainable transport. The 2013 agenda will discuss, inter alia: capitalizing on the multilateral development banks’ $175 billion commitment for sustainable transport made during Rio+20; opportunities for sustainable transport in China, India and Latin America; integrating urban transport and development; improving transport health and safety in cities; and bringing shared bicycle solutions to scale in developing countries.  

dates: 17-18 January 2013   venue: World Bank   location: Washington, District of Columbia, US   contact: Camilo Rodriguez, WRI   phone: +1-202-729-7769   e-mail: cramirez@wri.org   www: http://www.embarq.org/en/transforming-transportation-2013