Cristina is Director of Global Electric Mobility for WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She works to manage and expand WRI’s portfolio of work on zero emission fleets for public transportation, freight and two-and-three wheelers globally.
Cristina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and a Master’s degree in Transportation Systems from the same university. She also holds a Project Management Specialization at UFRGS.
On her previous position at WRI Brasil Cristina has provided advice and support to cities designing and implementing low-carbon, high-efficiency transport solutions and policies, including electrification of the transport sector, transport demand management, new sustainable mobility, among others from various cities in Brazil and Latin America.
Selected publications or texts
Selected Publications
- Brasil (2022) GUIA DE ELETROMOBILIDADE Orientações para estruturação de projetos no transporte coletivo por ônibus. More information at: https://www.gov.br/mdr/pt-br/assuntos/mobilidade-e-servicos-urbanos/Guia_Eletromobilidade.pdf
- Albuquerque, C., M.B. Jotz, V.B. Tavares, S. Contreras, T. Dye, A. Marcelo, and M.S. Campos. 2021. “Measuring PM2.5 with Low-Cost Sensors”. Practice Note. Porto Alegre, Brazil: WRI Brasil. Available online at: https://doi.org/10.46830/wripn.19.00035
- Hein,T; Welle, B.; Hidalgo, D.; Albuquerque, C.; Castellanos, S.; Sclar, R,; Escalante, D.Informal and Semiformal Services in Latin America: An Overview of Public Transportation Reforms. WRI 2020
- Albuquerque et al. Eletromobilidade no transporte coletivo: o caso da cidade de São Paulo. Relatório PROMOB-E (GIZ). 2019. (in Portuguese) .
- Orbea, J.; Castellanos, S.; Albuquerque, C.; Sclar, R.; Pinheiro, B. Adapting procurement models for electric buses in Latin America. Transportation Research Record, v. 2673, n. 10., p. 175–184, maio 2019.
- WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE BRASIL. Ferramentas para gestão da qualidade – QualiÔnibus: Programa de Qualidade do Serviço de Ônibus. [Porto Alegre], 2018.
- WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE BRASIL. Manual da pesquisa de satisfação – QualiÔnibus: Programa de Qualidade do Serviço de Ônibus. Versão 1.0. [Porto Alegre], 2018.
- Co-author in chapter Munoz, JC; Paget-Seekins, L (2016) Restructuring public transport through Bus Rapid Transit. Publicado por Hardback. More information: http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781447326168&#sthash.21npTPaK.dpuf
Awards and recognitions
- 2022 named as Top Women working in Government and Policy by EV Summit
- 2024 named one of 2024’s Most Influential Women in Mobility by Vulog
- 2024 winner in the Women who Inspire in Urban Mobility category at Urban Mobility Park