Connecting neighbourhoods: the 20 minute city
Policy Paper 2 challenged Australia’s capital city land use and transport planners to target zero growth in vehicle kilometres of travel, as a key performance indicator of progress towards sustainable cities. It looked at some of the regional scale transport/built environment issues that need to be tackled in moving to more sustainable Australian cities. The present paper complements this by exploring ‘local’. The paper looks at the idea of a ‘20 minute city’, a concept raised (but little developed) in Plan Melbourne, the city’s recent long term land use/transport plan. A ‘20 minute city’ is one in which most people are able to undertake most activities needed for a good life within a 20 minute walk, cycle or public transport trip from where they live. Transport is a very important lever for taking action to achieve a metropolitan area that consists of a series of smaller 20 minute cities, each of which might comprise one or more neighbourhoods. The paper focuses mainly on the roles of density, supportive public transport requirements and walking in achievement of the 20 minute city. It is very early days in thinking about the 20 minute city in an Australian setting, however this paper encourages all interested stakeholders to contribute ideas to progress thinking.
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Corporate Authors:
University of Sydney. Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
University of Sydney, 144 Burren Street, Newtown, New South Wales, 2042, Australia
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Authors:
- Stanley, J
- Stanley, J
- Davis, S
- Publication Date: 2015-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 28p
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Serial:
- Issue Number: 4
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Land use; Land use planning; Planning; Policy; Time; Transportation planning; Travel; Travel time; Trip length; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning
- Geographic Terms: Australia
- ATRI Terms: Journey length; Land use; Policy; Transport planning; Travel time; Urban area
- Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01580859
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Nov 18 2015 11:03AM