Cycling and walking are both essential components in sustainable transport strategy and are becoming an ever more important part of urban planning. There is now a wealth of international experience of how well sustainable planning works in practice and how it can be improved. With a wide range of contributions from America, Australia, Europe as well as the UK, "Sustainable Transport" sums up many of the lessons learnt and how they can be applied in improved planning. Non-motorised transport planning depends on combining improvements to infrastructure with education. There are chapters examining both national strategies and local initiatives in cities around the world, including such topics as changes to existing road infrastructure and the integration of cycling and walking with public transport. Since education is a critical element in sustainable transport planning, contributors also consider such topics as developing healthier travel habits and ways of promoting cycling and walking as alternatives to the car. With its blend of practical experience and suggestions for improvement, "Sustainable Transport" is essential reading for urban planners, environmental groups and those researching transport issues.
Author(s): R. S. Tolley
Edition: illustrated edition
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 713
Preliminaries......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Contributor contact details......Page 14
Introduction talking the talk but not walking the walk......Page 16
1 Ecological footprints and urban transportation......Page 26
2 The relevance of climate change to future policy on walking and cycling......Page 43
3 The role of non motorised modes in an environmentally sustainable transport system......Page 55
4 Walking in a historical international and contemporary context......Page 71
5 Does anyone walk anymore......Page 82
6 The decline of everyday walking in the UK explanations and policy implications......Page 93
7 Visions for city traffic and mobility......Page 107
8 Winning back public space......Page 120
9 Formal indicators of social urban sustainability......Page 130
10 The role of cycling for women......Page 146
11 The potential of non motorised transport for promoting health......Page 167
12 The walking economy......Page 182
13 Planning for cycling supports road safety......Page 195
14 Walking and its relationship to public transport......Page 212
15 Perceptions of walking ideologies of perception......Page 223
16 Attitudes to walking and cycling......Page 233
17 Overcoming the attitude barriers to greater cycle use......Page 247
18 Social and cultural influences on the future of walking the experts opinion......Page 261
19 Cars and behaviour psychological barriers to car restraint and sustainable urban transport......Page 275
20 Infrastructure planning for cycling......Page 290
21 Creating a better walking environment......Page 305
22 Making pedestrian facilities more usable and safer for all......Page 321
23 Walkable towns the Liveable Neighbourhoods strategy......Page 337
24 The role of pedestrian precincts in adapting city centres to new lifestyles......Page 349
25 Safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Europe the DUMAS approach......Page 362
26 Traffic safety for walkers and cyclists the danger reduction approach......Page 374
27 Walking and cycling what to promote where......Page 381
28 Fundamentals of pedestrian advocacy......Page 398
29 TravelSmart Individualised Marketing in Perth Western Australia......Page 407
30 Creating supportive environments for physical activity encouraging walking......Page 425
31 Health conscious transport planning......Page 444
32 Green modes and US transport policy TEA 21......Page 456
33 Bicycle transport in the US recent trends and policies......Page 473
34 Planning for recreational cycling in the UK......Page 488
35 The politics of changing to green modes......Page 497
36 Segregation or integration of cycling in the road system the Dutch approach......Page 514
37 Conserving walkable environments in Japan......Page 524
38 The Cycle Balance benchmarking local cycling conditions......Page 534
39 Implementing local cycling policies in Great Britain......Page 548
40 Barring the way gated communities and walking......Page 562
41 Promoting walking in the US overcoming the stickiness problem......Page 573
42 Promoting walking in the UK bottling walking and making it sell......Page 587
43 Non motorised Transportation Demand Management......Page 596
44 Safer routes to Danish schools......Page 611
45 Cycling and social inclusion......Page 622
46 Best practice in pedestrian facility design Cambridge Massachusetts......Page 642
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