Transcript The Foundamentals of Sustainable Transportation Planning

What is transportation for?
A good transportation system minimizes
unnecessary transportation
Lewis Mumford, The Highway and the City
In other words…
A good transportation system
Provides more access with less mobility
The Key Elements of
Transportation Plan for Sustainable City
1. Uses broadly defined goals embracing economic, social and
environmental outcomes
2. Plans for desired outcomes, not continuation of past trends
3. Develops solutions maximizing access, not mobility
4. Gives priority treatment to the cheaper, cleaner, more efficient mode
of travel
5. Provides choices through a diversity of modes to meet different
needs and suit different contexts
Biloxi 2004
Biloxi c2004
Roads Slated for Expansion
Biloxi 2025
8 lanes
6 lanes
5 lanes
Biloxi 2025
With Road Expansion
4 lanes
Gulfport 2004
Gulfport c2004
Roads Slated for Expansion
Gulfport 2025
8 lanes
6 lanes
5 lanes
Gulfport 2025
With Road Expansion
4 lanes
254 miles
50%
150%
125%
25%
1990
0%
USA
100%
1995
2000
2005
Growth in Population and Traffic
50%
150%
125%
25%
Mississippi
100%
1990
0%
1995
2000
2005
Traffic Fatality in Mississippi
Traffic Fatalities per 100,000
30
Mississippi
25
USA
15
Netherlands
6
1970
2000
Auto Dependency in Mississippi
Level 1
3 Domains
Environment
Society
Level 2
12 Elements
(Goals)
01 02 03 04
05 06 07 07
Level 3
19 Indicators
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Economy
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Level 4
22 Variables
Each indicator is measured by one or more variables
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1
Minimize consumption of renewable and nonrenewable resources for transportation
2
Design transportation and place making systems to
maximize land use efficiency
3
Minimize transportation and place making system’s
impact on ecological systems
4
Limit transportation related wastes and pollution
18
Social Elements
5.
Transportation system meets access needs in a way
that is consistent with human health and safety
6.
Planning and management of transportation system
incorporates different levels of government and
community input
7.
Transportation and place making system facilitates
social interaction and social equity
8.
Transportation and place making system meets basic
access needs of all individuals
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9.
Transportation is affordable for individuals
10.
Transportation is efficient for movement of people
and goods
11.
Transportation is locally self-sufficient
12.
Transportation does not contribute to economic
vulnerability of society
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Best
Worst
Dist. of Columbia
17.4%
Mississippi
44.2%
Alaska
22.1%
Wyoming
38.2%
New York
22.6%
Alabama
38.1%
Connecticut
22.7%
Montana
38.0%
Massachusetts
22.8%
Kentucky
37.7%
Best
Worst
Oregon
6.7
Michigan
0.3
Indiana
4.7
Mississippi
0.4
Dist. of Columbia
3.9
Alaska
0.5
Massachusetts
3.8
Louisiana
0.7
South Dakota
3.4
Hawaii
0.7
Connecticut: Ranked 19th, 23 % Growth in GDP, 12% Growth in VMT
Best
Worst
New York
12.5%
Mississippi
45.4%
Washington
13.4%
Montana
40.8%
Massachusetts
14.1%
Rhode Island
40.3%
Virginia
14.1%
North Dakota
37.3%
California
15.1%
South Carolina
37.1%
Connecticut: Ranked 40th, 32.9 % Federal Sources
Best
Worst
Dist. of Columbia
0.2%
Alaska
6.0%
New York
1.1%
Mississippi
4.5%
Connecticut
1.4%
Montana
4.0%
Delaware
1.4%
Wyoming
3.9%
Rhode Island
1.5%
North Dakota
3.8%
Percentage spent on transportation petroleum shown
Best
Worst
Dist. of Columbia
90
Mississippi
7
New York
75
Montana
21
Massachusetts
73
Arkansas
28
Oregon
65
Wyoming
29
Washington
65
South Carolina
29
Connecticut: Ranked 16th, Score 55
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To what extent is transportation planning
in Mississippi and Kingston
consistent with the elements of
sustainable transportation planning?
1. Use broadly defined goals embracing economic, social and
environmental outcomes
2. Plan for desired outcomes, not continuation of past trends
3. Develop solutions maximizing access, not mobility
4. Give priority treatment to the cheaper, cleaner, more efficient mode
of travel
5. Provide choices through a diversity of modes to meet different
needs and suit different contexts
Building Cities
An essential challenge
for building more
effective cities is to get
government back to the
job of consciously
designing them
- Alexander Marshall