Cities for all must have access for all

By Clayton Lane, CEO, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

It has now become clear that our world’s cities are going to continue to grow rapidly, to the point where, by 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will be urban. This change will be even more pronounced in developing nations in Asia and Africa, where a staggering 90 percent of this shift will occur. This offers those of us in the sustainable transport community a huge opportunity to influence the development of these cities for the better, and is why everyone is talking about equity.

The glaring transport inequities that are now the urban status quo affect everything. Access to the city means ac...