How do you plan for both the transport mode and urban development in an integrated fashion? How do you assess the effectiveness of infrastructure investment from an accessibility perspective, and who should do what to ensure implementation?
In seeking to answer such questions, this book argues that a focus on accessibility is key to the successful integration of urban planning and transport planning, as both seek to provide citizens with access to opportunities. With an underlying principle of achieving sustainable development, urban planners, politicians and community advocates are now demanding a new approach to planning urban areas and transport networks which provides for accessibility, rather than simply assuming mobility, especially by private car.
This book shows how, and why, we can successfully plan for sustainable accessibility through urban development planning and transport planning practices. Employing a multi-dimensional perspective, sustainable accessibility is considered through the lens of different residents and their daily needs. Through the lens of a mobility pyramid', starting from not travelling, through walking, cycling and public transport to private car, the book examines three different spatial scales: Metropolitan, Town Centres, and Neighbourhoods. There is a strong focus on their qualities of place' and on governance, considering who should take action, and how processes of implementation influence the effectiveness of design approaches. This innovative multi-dimensional perspective re-frames traditional approaches and offers the reader an appreciation of the bigger picture of what is needed to plan for sustainable accessibility, while at the same time outlining the specific details that are necessary for its implementation.
Preface
Part One: The Context for Planning for Accessibility
Chapter 1: Urban Transport and Accessibility
Chapter 2: Understanding travel behaviour in planning for accessibility
Chapter 3: Measuring accessibility ' main principles
Part Two: The Neighbourhood
Chapter 4: Urban layouts and local streets
Chapter 5: Measuring accessibility: Walkibility and Bikeability
Chapter 6: Governance at the local level
Part Three: The Town Centre or Activity Centre Scale
Chapter 7: Transit-oriented development and the urban arterial
Chapter 8: Measuring Accessibility: Public Transport Networks
Chapter 9: Governance between different tiers of government
Part Four: The City Scale
Chapter 10: Transport Networks
Chapter 11: Measuring Accessibility: Cars and Public Transport
Chapter 12: Governance: Integration rather than Coordination
