Sustainable Transportation Policies Identification for a Certain City, Using Experiences of Other Similar Cities around the World Case study: Isfahan
Sustainable transportation could provide safe and equitable access for meeting all transportation needs of the whole society. Defining appropriate transportation policies and utilizing efficient transportation systems, some cities have already met sustainable transportation indices so that negative consequences of transportation in these cities are considerably less than those of other cities. Implemented transportation policies in different cities around the world could be considered an important source for identification of effective transportation policies and methods. To meet sustainable urban transportation goals in a city, it is worth considering of these successfully implemented policies from a similar city. But up to now, no appropriate and comprehensive method for using other cities’ experiences has been identified. This study aims to propose a new approach for identification of appropriate transportation policies for a certain city by using the experiences of similar, successful cities around the world. As a case study, the proposed approach is used for the city of Isfahan, Iran. In the first step, this study will examine previous studies and look at cities on various continents which are successful with respect to achieving sustainable transportation goals. Then, 12 characteristics, which are effective in the selection of transportation policies, are introduced and relative weights of them, based on experts’ opinions, are determined. Among successful cities in the six continents of the world, the most similar cities to Isfahan are selected and the implemented policies in private, public, and non-motorized transportation sectors are presented.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADD40 Transportation and Sustainability. Alternate title: Identification of Sustainable Transportation Policies for Cities: Case Study of Isfahan, Iran
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Authors:
- Talebian, Ahmadreza
- Haghshenas, Hossein
- Gholamialam, Ashkan
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 23p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Cities; Implementation; Nonmotorized transportation; Policy; Private transportation; Public transit; Sustainable transportation
- Geographic Terms: Isfahan (Iran)
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01516796
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-3321
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 4 2014 11:34AM