Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Sustainable Urban Transportation Principles

Created in Photoshop, based on "Sustainab...Image via WikipediaCars and cities: Time for a paradigm change (World Streets, Apr. 20, 2009)

Today’s focus is a 2009 post from Australian Jeff Noteworthy who points out 10 characteristics of a modern city undergoing a paradigm shift toward sustainability, removing the bias toward unsustainable support of roads built and used solely for vehicles.

Key Quotes:

(1) The city has a compact, mixed-use urban ...

(2) The natural environment permeates the city’s spaces and embraces the city..

(3) Freeway and road infrastructure are de-emphasised in favour of transit, walking and cycling infrastructure

(4) extensive use of environmental technologies for water, energy and waste management..

(5) The central city and sub-centres within the city are human centres that emphasise non-auto access..

(6) The city has a high quality public realm throughout that expresses a public culture, community, equity and good governance..

(7) The physical structure and urban design of the city..are highly legible, permeable, robust, varied, rich, visually appropriate and personalised for human needs

(8) The economic performance of the city and employment creation are maximised through innovation, creativity and the uniqueness of the local environment, culture and history..

(9) Planning for the future of the city is a visionary ‘debate and decide’ process, not a ‘predict and provide’, computer-driven process ..

(10) All decision-making is sustainability-based integrating social, economic, environmental and cultural considerations, as well as compact, transit-oriented urban form principles.."
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