Title: MEASURING URBAN TRANSPORT SUSTAINABILITY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to pursue a comparative study of urban land use and transportation policies using selected Canadian and Korean cities. To this end, the paper addresses a set of interrelated questions: What has been the effect of changes in the structural pattern of developments on travel patterns, and on factors such as land use? How do these relationships vary between urban areas? Over the next decade, what prospects do traditional and innovative land use and transportation policy measures have in accommodating growth, maintaining mobility while conserving resources in different urban areas? What is the scope for the transferability of innovative policies between different cities and between different countries such as Canada and Korea? The approach of the paper combines a review and synthesis of available land use and transportation information sources, a series of interviews with planners and a brief survey of planning documents to assess the effectiveness of different policy instruments in different city contexts. More specifically, this paper establishes a common framework for comparing the characteristics of land use and transportation on the basis of information derived from published reports, transportation studies and city plans. The Canadian cities of Toronto, Ottawa-Hull, Calgary and Vancouver and Korean cities of Seoul and Inchon are initially compared on the basis of quantitative characteristics in population and employment, transportation demand and supply, as well as transportation system performance. The criteria of selecting these six urban areas from both countries are based on the urban structure and availability of information. The potential transferability between urban areas of traditional and innovative transportation and land use policy instruments relevant to the next decade was also a consideration.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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