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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The government of Mexico City today announced that Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard will attend the New York Academy of Sciences 6th Annual Science & the City Gala this evening. This year's event, which celebrates scientific excellence in the New York area, will pay special tribute to individuals who are working to create "Sustainable Cities."...
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
MEXICO CITY - The world's second-largest city has a lot of problems: kidnappings for ransom, drug-related murders, severe poverty. But if there's one thing that really sets off Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, it's gum. "Throwing your chewing gum on the ground is one of the most aggressive things you can do to your community," Ebrard said. And he's serious. "When you throw your...
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
MEXICO CITY - The world's second-largest city has a lot of problems: kidnappings for ransom, drug-related murders, severe poverty. But if there's one thing that really sets off Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, it's gum. "Throwing your chewing gum on the ground is one of the most aggressive things you can do to your community," Ebrard said. And he's serious. "When you throw your...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
By Sergio Solache, USA TODAYMexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, left, presents achievement awards to employees at Mexico City's main wholesale market Thursday.Share More By and Sergio Solache, USA TODAYMEXICO CITY — The world's second-largest city has a lot of problems: kidnappings for ransom, drug-related murders, severe poverty. But if there's one thing that really sets off City Mayor...
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
MEXICO CITY — Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities."We hope that Mexico City will inspire other cities around the world to embrace environmentally sustainable programs," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who visited...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... inspire other cities around the world to embrace environmentally sustainable programs," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who visited Harvard University this week to accept the Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnerships for the city's 4-year-old Metrobus system.Funded with tax revenues and World Bank loans, the bus rapid transit corridor opened in 2005 along 12 miles (19 kilometers)...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
MEXICO CITY—Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities."We hope that Mexico City will inspire other cities around the world to embrace environmentally sustainable programs," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who visited...
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
MEXICO CITY Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities.
"We hope that Mexico City will inspire other cities around the world to embrace environmentally sustainable programs," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mexico City Metrobus will today receive the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The Mexico City Metrobus is a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that has significantly reduced air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the world's second largest city. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo...
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Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the world's second largest city. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard will be among the recipients of the award and will discuss the success of the Metrobus and the city's comprehensive Climate Action Plan at Harvard University today."It is a great honor to receive this award in recognition of this partnership's efforts to design and implement...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
... ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel, make more than 450,000 trips per day.’’Mexico City’s mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, says he wants to extend the system to 10 bus lines. Ebrard came to Cambridge for the ceremony and for a Harvard seminar on how his city managed to pull its notoriously fractious political players together to make the bus system happen.Harvard noted that the groups set up...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday welcomed Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands to Mexico at the start of the Dutch royal's five-day visit to the country. Calderon welcomed the queen at a ceremony in Mexico's National Palace, where he will host a dinner in her honor. The queen arrived just before midday for a trip that will include meetings with Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, according...
