On behalf of the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI), Transport for Cairo (TfC) conducted a global facts study on capacity development for sustainable transport. Surveying 21 transport institutions across 16 countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America, the study identified critical capacity gaps on the individual, institutional, and societal levels. From workforce shortages, limited coverage of sustainable transport in existing educational programmes, and oftentimes, the lack of enabling legal and political frameworks, – the study maps out the key challenges and the pathways to solutions focusing on capacity building beyond short-term interventions.