Sustainable Urban Transportation: Performance Indicators and Some Analytical Approaches
- 1 December 2002
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Urban Planning and Development
- Vol. 128 (4), 184-209
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9488(2002)128:4(184)
Abstract
Urban governments show considerable interest in formulating policies for a more sustainable transportation sector. In Australia, despite the Commonwealth Government Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) Transport Working Group making over 40 recommendations for more sustainable urban transportation a decade ago, a recent Institution of Engineers Australia, Transport Panel found little progress with transportation indicators of sustainability and appropriate analytical techniques. A review of the international literature is made to determine definitions of a sustainable urban transportation and land use system, and objectives that would form the basis for determining suitable indicators of performance. Drawing on hierarchical diagrams from decision theory, we show the link between higher-level policy objectives for sustainability and lower-order actions, measurable attributes, and performance indicators. The analytical framework for sustainable urban transportation analysis includes descriptive statis...Keywords
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