This technical paper provides an overview of the Center for Neighborhood Technology's (CNT) H+T affordability index and its potential application outside of the United States (US), where it has played a prominent role in documenting the relationship between housing and transportation and in...

Cities face the daily challenge of providing people with access to different activities through their public transport systems. Despite its importance, there is little research on accessibility that focuses on the use of this mode and even less accounting for the impact of level of service (i.e....

This paper explores the experience of developed countries that have introduced greater private sector involvement to traditionally government owned and run urban public transport industries. Such reforms have generally been driven by a desire to reduce taxpayer costs and to improve services for...

Promoting public transportation, which includes rail, metro, bus rapid transit, and bus services is one of the most popular urban transportation policies among transportation authorities in many countries. This popularity may reflect the social requirement to pursue a sustainable transportation...

Aktuell steht Elektromobilität als Hype auf nahezu jeder Tagesordnung. Allerdings führt die fragmentierte Förderung in Milliardenhöhe auf regionaler, nationaler und europäischer Ebene zu Redundanzen. Ganzheitliche grüne Mobilitätslösungen eingebettet in regionale und urbane Strukturen...

High levels of particulate matter scaling less than 10 micrometers in diameter (PM10) in many urban areas have led to the introduction of binding PM10 limit values by the European Commission in 2005. Road transport in inner city areas is believed to be one of the main contributors to accumulated...

This report describes the main challenges to urban travel in Mexico. We focus on some of the basic causes of urban transport problems, and we analyze some urban travel policies that could be considered good practices towards sustainable urban development. Mexico City is the emblematic case.

Urban transport will have a great impact on sustainable development. China is now the leading producer of motorized vehicles, and people have gradually realized that we cannot sustain endless motorization. China has adopted a sustainable development policy for many years, promoting public...

The discussion presented below focuses on improving the decision-making process as the true challenge of mobility we face. It proposes a way of thinking about some of the key topics within each of the layers involved in decision-making at the strategic level, including attributes of the...

Der Ballungsraum Rhein-Ruhr und der Tagungsort Bochum sind durch wirtschaftliche Umbrüche in besonderer Weise gekennzeichnet. Schwerindustrielle Vergangenheit, Wanderungsdynamik, Wiedergewinnung lebenswerter Stadträume, eine prekäre kommunale Finanzausstattung, überlastete Verkehrsnetze,...