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The Guidelines for Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (or SUMP Guidelines) [8] are the result of an intense one-year stakeholder engagement process, coordinated by main authors Rupprecht Consult and led by a special editorial board, which includes DG MOVE, the CIVITAS SUMP projects, Eltis, INEA, DG REGIO, JASPERS, and leading mobility researchers.
The International Association of Public Transport (French: Union Internationale des Transports Publics; UITP) [1] [2] is a non-profit member-led organisation for public transport authorities, networks and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry, that works to advance sustainable urban mobility.
The guide is currently available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese, and is free for download in .pdf format from the ITDP website. [11] In addition, ITDP developed the BRT Standard, a design guide and rating system for Bus Rapid Transit systems around the world. The Standard establishes a common definition for BRT and identifies BRT ...
Mobility transition [112] [113] is a set of social, technological and political processes of converting traffic (including freight transport) and mobility to sustainable transport with renewable energy resources, and an integration of several different modes of private transport and local public transport.
Urban density refers to how many people live in a square mile of land. [10] It is used as a variable in evaluating how livable a city design is. The optimal urban density for compact cities is high enough to keep residents close to community amenities but low enough to allow residents access to green spaces, reasonable privacy, and acceptable ...
1948 San Francisco roadway plan which inspired the Freeway Revolt Process of planning for movement of people and goods Transportation planning is the process of defining future policies, goals, investments , and spatial planning designs to prepare for future needs to move people and goods to destinations.
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Sustainable urbanism bridges the gaps of New Urbanism by including the factors listed in the lead paragraph of this Wikipedia entry. Smart growth is a related approach to sustainable urbanism. As conceived by urban planners, it helps achieve greater jobs–housing balance, but it is likely to leave the sense of place unaddressed.