The Sustainable Mobility Paradigm

Banister, D., (2007). The sustainable mobility paradigm. Transport Policy. November, 15, p. 73-80.

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What is Sustainable Mobility?

Combining several means of transport during the same journey, using different types of vehicles with the objective to make journey smoother while reducing traffic congestion and carbon footprint (FLAME, 2013).

About the article

In this article the authors purpose is to examines the alternative paradigm in future planning concept for sustainable mobility with its complexity of cities by exploring flexibility of the existing paradigm of travel on conventional transport planning associated with theories and policy measures.

Assumptions/Arguments

Two Dilemmas

Transport as a derived demand or as a valued activity?

- Changes of travel patterns; from work journey travel to leisure-based travel.

- Escape theory; willingness to do something completely different from daily basis.

- New Technology; mobile working - online based activities that can be done from home

Time minimisation and reasonable travel time

- Contradiction between the desire to speed up and the desire to slow the traffic down; safety first or business money?

- Shifting objectives; reasonable travel time rather than travel time minimisation.

Evidence of the arguments

Contrasting approaches to transport planning

Reducing the need to travel - substitution to ICT

Transport policy measures - modal shift

Land-use policy measures - distance reduction

Technological innovation - efficiency increase

Evaluation

- What is ICT? new technologies? which technology?

- Measuring transport policy, land-use policy; no policy?

- Confusing conclusion, Public acceptability is core to successful implementation of radical change... -- isnt that supposed to be in the next part?

Involving the people

Public acceptability Healthy transport Demonstration effects Individual marketing

A small initial change, if sufficiently well supported and publicised, can lead to a new attitudes to the car (Banister, 2007).

Evaluation

- Poor data collection methods; ..surveys of public opinions in the EU are indicating that change is essential and that action is expected. -- which surveys? - for example, every school in the UK will have their own School Travel Plan by 2010. -- who say this?- it has been developed and applied in several EU and Australian cities...(see Curtis, this volume) -- Curtis who? Which volume?

Principles of the sustainable mobility paradigm

Making the best use of the technology

Regulation and pricing

Land-use development

Clearly targeted personal information

Evaluation

- Clear explanation given on each suggestions as well as supporting the previous two elements.

World review on The Sustainable Mobility Paradigm

Effective implementation of sustainable mobility requires the engagement of key stakeholders - people, community, land owner, practitioner, government, etc - in order to understand different policy initiatives and support their introduction.

Successful paradigm?The paper confirms the importance of understanding the community behaviour as well as cooperation and support towards sustainable mobility will creates a real change in the publics paradigm. However, there is no doubt that public acceptability is the major influence in sustainable mobility paradigm for such concept to be succeed in the future sustainable cities planning.

Reference

www.videoinsights.alstom.com/sustainability_and_the_environment/sustainable-mobility/

http://www.hello-flame.com/sectors/mobility/

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