Rating the transport sustainability of new urban developments: a starting point and ways forward

This paper discusses a project seeking to provide a diagnostic tool to rate the residential travel performance of large urban land use developments. The project aims to measure the extent of travel made and the modes of travel used by residential populations and, with the assistance of accessibility analysis techniques, to use this information as a means to rate the effect of a development’s location and design on residential travel. This work is being undertaken to assist in influencing the location and design of urban developments to ensure that their residential travel patterns contribute to sustainability objectives. As a form of shorthand the authors will refer in this paper to the project as rating a development's 'residential travel performance' for sustainability. The paper discusses current consideration of transport issues within development assessment processes, identifies a gap in current practice and provides meaningful insights as to how a diagnostic tool may be produced. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213716.

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• Authors:
  • BURKE, M
  • BROWN, L
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11P
• Serial:
  • AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM (ATRF), 28TH, 2005, SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
  • Volume: 28
  • Publisher: Curtin University, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Behavior; Conferences; Development; Environment; Location; Public transit; Residential areas; Sustainable development; Travel; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 9001: Behaviour; 8525: Conference; 9013: Development; 2455: Environment; 698: Journey; 9061: Location; 744: Public transport; 307: Residential area; 2427: Sustainability; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01032308
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• ISBN: 1877040428
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 6 2006 1:35PM