EMBARQ – The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport

EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport works with Cities in the developing world to catalyze and help implement sustainable solutions to problems of urban mobility.

Since 2002, the EMBARQ Network has grown to include five Centers for Sustainable Transport, located in Mexico, Brazil, India, Turkey and the Andes, that work together with local transport authorities to reduce pollution, improve public health, and create safe, accessible and attractive urban public spaces. The network employs more than 60 experts in fields ranging from architecture to air quality management; geography to journalism; and sociology to civil and transport engineering.

EMBARQ is a not-for-profit initiative of the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank founded in 1982 based in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

EMBARQ Network Objectives

EMBARQ's goal is simple: make cities around the world better places to live. By focusing on transport-which affects everything from prosperity to pollution-EMBARQ's work yields social, environmental, and economic benefits:

Reduced fuel use, air pollution & greenhouse gas emissions
Improved public health
Improved quality & cost effectiveness of urban transport
Improved accessibility, traffic safety & public security
Improved quality of public spaces & access to city benefits for all income classes
Increased competitiveness of the city
Reduced cost of doing business & the cost of getting to work
Increased opportunity for sustainable mobility businesses

The EMBARQ Network

Mexico City, Mexico: Centro de Transporte Sustentable México (CTS-México)

Porto Alegre, Brazil: Centro de Transporte Sustentable Brasil (CTS-Brasil)

Mumbai, India: Centre for Sustainable Transport India (CST-India)

Istanbul, Turkey: Sürdürülebilir Ulaşım Merkezi Türkiye (SUM-Türkiye)

Andean Cities: Centro de Transporte Sostenible y Salud Andino (CTSS-Andino)

EMBARQ at the World Resources Institute

EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport is headquartered at the World Resources Institute, one of the world’s most prestigious environmental research and policy organizations. WRI offers EMBARQ in-house access to technical and research expertise, as well as linkage to a global network of experts in the fields of geography, energy, air quality, natural resource management, and transportation. Furthermore, EMBARQ and its partners share WRI’s commitment to the principles of integrity, transparency, accountability, and equity in all of their work.

World Resources Institute creates solutions to protect the Earth and improve people's lives. Its work is concentrated on achieving progress toward four key goals: