Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and launched in 2014, the Global Designing Cities Initiative focuses on the critical role of streets within urban environments in cities around the world. The GDCI is committed to raising the state of the practice for street design and transportation by building a common vision, sharing data, peer-to-peer exchanges and regular communication among international cities. GDCI believes that by working together, cities can save time and money, share lessons learned, scale up best practice implementation and more effectively achieve their policy goals and objectives.