Promoting Sustainable Transportation Through Site Design: A Proposed Recommended Practice

This paper describes how the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) has developed a Guide to help municipalities and the land development industry better design non-residential development sites in order to promote accessibility by travel modes other than the single occupant vehicle (SOV). The report, which was published as an Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) proposed Recommended Practice in January 2005, also identifies a range of supporting actions and policies that jurisdictions can use to create an atmosphere conducive to sustainable transportation initiatives. The project was initiated in 2002, with funding assistance from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Transport Canada through its “Moving on Sustainable Transportation (MOST)” program. A Steering Committee of six individuals from across Canada directed the project undertaken by a consultant team lead by IBI Group. Most of the Guide development work took place in 2004, which is identified as a preference by the call for nominations.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Conference:
  • 2005 Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada
  • Location: Calgary , Canada
  • Date: 2005-9-18 to 2005-9-21
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Pagination: 6p
• Monograph Title: Transportation – Investing in Our Future

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Development; Land use; Land use planning; Mode choice; Public transit; Recommendations; Single occupant vehicles; Sustainable development; Sustainable transportation; Transit operating agencies
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01041594
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781551872064
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2007 1:31PM