Urban transport patterns in a global sample of cities & their linkages to transport infrastructure, land use, economics & environment

Urban transport and the issue of motorisation or 'automobile dependence' have become critical shaping factors in the future sustainability and livability of all cities. This paper provides an overview of a selected group of factors that help define some of the main features of urban transport in metropolitan regions around the world. The aim is to provide decision-makers and policy analysts some basic perspective on where cities in their region sit in a global context. The paper also points to some key policy issues that emerge from the data and which have considerable bearing on issues such as priorities in urban infrastructure development. The data are drawn from the Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport compiled over 3 years by the authors for the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) in Brussels. The database provides data on 100 cities on all continents. Data summarised here represent regional averages from 84 of these fully completed cities in the USA, Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Western Europe, Asia (high and low income areas), Eastern Europe, The Middle East, Latin America, Africa and China. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Kenworthy, J
  • Laube, F
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5-19
• Serial:
  • World Transport Policy & Practice
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eco-Logica Limited
  • ISSN: 1352-7614
  • Serial URL: https://www.worldtransportjournal.org/journal
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Data collection; Public transit; Sustainable development; Transportation; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 8623: Data acquisition; 744: Public transport; 2427: Sustainability; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01012095
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 20 2005 11:47AM