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No. of bitstreams: 2 Script_1_Estimations.R: 255806 bytes, checksum: 493b1934f1ee31b494652755d301b09f (MD5) Jacob,S-Miguel_DissertaçãoMestrado_v19.pdf: 3625404 bytes, checksum: 843fc5b8d3ff530a492f703ee7a00950 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-02-08 / São Paulo se expandiu rapidamente durante o Século XX e se tornou uma das maiores cidades do mundo, com aproximadamente 12 milhões de habitantes que realizam cerca de 25 milhões de deslocamentos urbanos diariamente. Seu sistema de transporte público (ônibus e metrô) é responsável por 37% dessas viagens e é notavelmente importante, especialmente para seus usuários intensivos – majoritariamente pessoas pobres cujos deslocamentos dependem dele. Os subsídios ao transporte e o valor da tarifa vêm se colocando no centro de um debate sobre política urbana durante os últimos anos. A Prefeitura de São Paulo gasta quase 7% de seu orçamento em subsídios diretos à tarifa de ônibus que se mantém estagnada em termos reais desde 2005 – empreendendo um valor três vezes maior do que era há dez anos. Ao mesmo tempo, o sistema de ônibus em São Paulo aparenta ser inefetivo em tirar carros das ruas. O ambiente urbano da cidade e a sustentabilidade fiscal desse sistema podem ser colocados em risco se essa situação permanecer, uma vez que um ciclo vicioso de quedas no nível de usuários e aumentos no subsídio podem comprometer o transporte público. O preço e a forma de precificação da tarifa são pontos centrais nessa questão, uma vez que a literatura em finanças púbicas diz que um serviço público pode ser fiscalmente sustentável e ensejar eficiência alocativa à economia se a cobrança por elefor precificada corretamente. O presente trabalho estima a elasticidade preço da demanda por ônibus em São Paulo, uma informação importante para responder se sua tarifa ajuda a: gerar eficiência alocativa na economia; atingir sustentabilidade financeira para o sistema de ônibus e fazer com que as pessoas priorizem o ônibus em detrimento do automóvel privado – e, assim, atingir sustentabilidade urbana. Para tal, modelos de Escolha Discreta são estimados para os anos de 1997 e 2007. Utilizando-se a Pesquisa Origem-Destino do Metrô calculam-se as elasticidades de curto prazo para ambos os anos. Posteriormente, a implementação do Bilhete Único (2004) é considerada um choque exógeno no preço das passagens para aqueles que usam mais de um ônibus para seus deslocamentos, sendo assim uma oportunidade para a estimação da elasticidade de longo-prazo na medida em que é virtualmente um choque exógeno de preço. Os resultados sugerem que a demanda por ônibus é inelástica com respeito ao preço tanto no curto quanto no longo-prazo, o que corrobora literatura prévia. Ainda que mais estudos sejam necessários para avaliar se os subsídios devem ser diminuídos, outras políticas além da forma de precificação devem ser consideradas a fim de se tornar o transporte público mais atrativo. / São Paulo expanded rapidly during the 20th Century and became one of the biggest cities in the World, with almost 12 million inhabitants that make around 25 million urban trips per day. Its transit system (bus and subway) accounts for 37% of those trips and is remarkably important, especially for its heavy users – mainly poor people whose commuting might depend on it. Not by chance, subsidies and fare price have been at the heart of an urban policy debate during the last years. Nowadays, São Paulo’s local government spends almost 7% of its budget in bus subsidies - a threefold increase in real terms in ten years - since costs are soaring and fare remains almost constant in real terms since 2005. Despite high subsidies, the city’s bus system seems to be ineffective in taking cars out of the street and ridership is slightly decreasing. São Paulo’s bus system’s fiscal sustainability might be put at risk if things remain unchanged, in that a vicious cycle of ridership decreasing and fare or subsidies increasing might jeopardize transit and harm urban environment. Fare price and its pricing form are central in this question, since literature on public finance says that one public service’s system can be fiscally sustainable and causes allocative efficiency if fare is priced correctly. The present work calculates price elasticity of bus demand in São Paulo, an important piece of information to answer whether fare helps achieving allocative efficiency for the economy, reaching fiscal sustainability on bus system, and making commuters shift from car to transit – and, hence, keeping the city’s urban sustainability. Discrete Choice Models are estimated for the years of 1997 and 2007 using a household survey on commuting. They directly provide short-term elasticities for both years. Then, Bilhete Único implementation (2004) is considered an exogenous shock on trips’ cost for those who use two buses or more on their commuting, therefore being used as an opportunity for estimating long-term elasticity. The results suggest that bus demand is inelastic with respect to price both in short- and long- term, which corroborates previous literature and provides insight for public policies. This indicates that fare is ineffective in taking cars off the streets, but more studies should be conducted to assess whether subsidies should be reduced, especially for reasons of affordability. Policies other than the pricing form should be conducted to achieve transportation sustainability by modal shifting from cars to transit.

Existing travel patterns in Windhoek are influenced by the past land use policy of restricted urban development in the former townships ofKatutura and Khomasdal. Thus residents in these townships are faced with longer distances to reach quality urban servtces. This thesis examined the impact on travel demand of changes in land use policies aimed at stimulating growth in the two areas using the HLFM computer model. The results showed that, policy induced land use changes may stimulate population and employment growth in the neglected areas, but with no effects on the present travel patterns. The model needs to be refined to fit the peculiarity of the study area. Nevertheless, information provided in the thesis could be used in assessing areas where development trends will go if any ofthe land use policy tested in the study is adopted. / Geography / M.A. (Geography)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:00:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2125.pdf: 7879891 bytes, checksum: e80ceb14a2ac63501f1ee48b24e98926 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-26 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The city s transportation system has been a big problem in urban planning, due to constant increasing of vehicles fleet, absence of road network monitoring, air pollution, and conflicts between pedestrian and car. Therefore the development of alternatives that encourage the sustainable travel modes realization, as non-motorized modes and public transportation becomes necessary, reducing, consequently, the number of trips by car. In order to assist urban planning process on the sustainable transportation modes preference and to contribute to better urban spaces for citizens, the objective of this study is to analyze the existent relations between urban form of six traffic zones in Uberlândia city, Minas Gerais State and its urban transportation system, defining how physical features of a certain region influences people traveling behavior. Urban form variables defined as important to this study and analyzed on traffic zones level were: urban density; diversity of land use; quality of favorable places to nonmotorized transportation; availability of public transportation; routes design and connectivity; city topography. To determine the urban form influence on travel behavior different discreet choice models, multinomial logit type, were calibrated. First of all, the models were calibrated using only travelers socio-economic variables and then variables that characterize urban form were included. Results indicated that urban form variables don't have significant influence on the modal choice process in trips in the city, not being, therefore, determinant to define that transport mode must be used. Socio-economic variables, in special, the income and the trip distance were the most determinative factors for the transport mode choice. / O sistema de transporte das cidades tem se apresentado como uma grande fonte de problemas frente ao processo de planejamento urbano, devido ao crescente aumento da frota de veículos, o não acompanhamento da malha viária, a poluição do ar, e os conflitos entre pedestres e automóveis. Diante disso, se faz necessário o desenvolvimento de alternativas que incentivem a realização de viagens por modos sustentáveis, como os modos não motorizados e o transporte coletivo, diminuindo de forma conseqüente o número de viagens realizadas por automóvel. No intuito de auxiliar no processo de planejamento urbano a fim de privilegiar os modos de transporte sustentáveis e contribuir para o provimento de espaços urbanos melhores aos cidadãos, este estudo tem o objetivo de analisar as relações existentes entre a forma urbana de seis zonas de tráfego da cidade de Uberlândia/MG, e o seu sistema de transporte urbano, buscando definir como as características físicas de uma determinada região influenciam no comportamento de viagem das pessoas. As variáveis da forma urbana definidas como importantes para este estudo e analisadas em nível de zonas de tráfego foram: densidade urbana; diversidade de usos do solo; qualidade dos espaços que favoreçam o transporte não motorizado; disponibilidade de transporte coletivo; desenho e conectividade das vias; e topografia da cidade. Para determinar o grau de influência da forma urbana sobre o comportamento de viagem foram calibrados diversos modelos de escolha discreta do tipo logit multinomial. Primeiro foram calibrados modelos utilizando apenas as variáveis sócio-econômicas dos viajantes e depois se passou a incluir as variáveis que caracterizam a forma urbana. Os resultados obtidos indicaram que as variáveis da forma urbana não têm influência significativa no processo de escolha modal nas viagens realizadas dentro na cidade, não sendo determinantes para definição do modo de transporte a ser usado. As variáveis sócio-econômicas, em especial a renda, e o comprimento das viagens se mostraram como os fatores mais determinantes para a escolha do modo de transporte.

CAPES / Neste trabalho buscou-se avaliar o cone de penetração dinâmica (DCP) como alternativa para controle geotécnico em vias urbanas de tráfego leve. Atualmente, dentre os diversos ensaios disponíveis para avaliação do comportamento mecânico dos solos, destaca-se o uso do CBR, porém, este possui desvantagem quanto à demora para obtenção de seus resultados, devido ao procedimento intrínseco do ensaio. Sob esta perspectiva, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar a utilização do DCP como uma alternativa mais econômica, viável, segura e vantajosa para o controle geotécnico das camadas componentes das vias. A área de estudo encontra-se na cidade de Curitiba, no Estado do Paraná, Brasil. O estudo foi realizado através de investigações de campo e ensaios laboratoriais, para obtenção da correspondência entre a penetração do cone de penetração dinâmica no solo e o ensaio CBR. Além disso, foi realizada a avaliação do comportamento do DCP com a variação de umidade e com o grau de compactação. Ademais, foram realizadas correlações entre o CBR e a Agulha de Proctor e também comparações entre os solos do subleito (sem cimento) e o solo da base das vias (com cimento) em diferentes idades, também com o uso o DCP. Os resultados se mostraram positivos quanto à viabilidade de uso do DCP para estimativa de controle de compactação, de capacidade de suporte dos solos e também quanto à facilidade de manuseio tanto em laboratório quanto em campo. / This study aims to evaluate the dynamic cone penetration (DCP) as methodology for geotechnical control on urban roads of light traffic. Currently, among the various tests available to evaluate the mechanical behavior of the soil, there is the use of CBR, however, this has disadvantages as the long time for obtaining the results, due to the intrinsic test procedure. From this perspective, the present study aims to analyze the use of DCP equipment - Dynamic Cone Penetration - as a more economical alternative, feasible and safe for the analysis of the compression levels of the component layers of the urban roads. The study area is located in the city of Curitiba, State of Parana, Brazil. The study is conducted through field and laboratory tests of the local soil to obtain mathematical correlations to ensure correspondence between the cone penetration and the CBR in situ. In addition, the evaluation of the performance of the equipment with the moisture content variation and degree of compaction was carried out. In addition, correlations were made between the CBR and the Proctor penetrometer and also comparisons between the soils of the subgrade (without cement) and base course of the roads (with cement) at different ages, also with the use of DCP. The results were positive regarding the feasibility of using the equipment to estimate compaction control, soil load bearing capacity and also for ease of handling both in the laboratory and in the field.

CAPES / As crescentes preocupações com as questões ambientais têm levado à consideração de alternativas na mobilidade e transporte urbanos. Dentre as opções disponíveis, os ônibus elétricos movidos a bateria têm sido bastante considerados em termos de flexibilidade, sustentabilidade e emissão de poluentes. Estes ônibus possuem um sistema plug-in de recarga (PEV) que permite sua circulação sem a necessidade de alimentação constante por vias exclusivas. Entretanto, devido à necessidade de recarga das baterias, o número e posicionamento das estações de recarga tem papel fundamental na viabilização da operação deste sistema de transporte. Este trabalho apresenta um modelo de simulação de eventos discretos que captura o padrão de movimentação dos ônibus e respectivo consumo de energia. Uma estratégia de otimização que utiliza um algoritmo genético biobjetivo é então associada à simulação (otimização com simulação) para minimizar tanto o número de estações de recarga quanto o tempo extra necessário para recarga dos ônibus. Foram utilizados dados reais de demanda de passageiros, velocidade dos ônibus, distâncias, relevos, entre outros, do sistema de transporte da cidade de Curitiba. Os parâmetros de mobilidade dos ônibus estão baseados em dados reais adquiridos, filtrados e analisados através de um sistema informatizado da empresa que controla o sistema público e urbanização da cidade para um total de seis linhas expressas. O modelo utilizado para o consumo de energia dos ônibus é baseado no cálculo da energia necessária para movimentar um ônibus, levando em conta diferentes carregamentos e forças de resistência ao movimento. Nas paradas que possuem estações de recarga, considera-se recarga rápida da bateria ajustada para os parâmetros típicos de um ônibus elétrico. Os resultados mostram diferentes arranjos para o número de estações de recarga e atrasos nos itinerários programados, assim como os níveis de operação das baterias. / Growing concerns with environmental issues have resulted in considering alternatives for urban mobility and public transportation. Among the available options, battery- powered electric buses have been fairly considered in terms of flexibility, sustainability and emission of pollutants. These buses have a plug-in recharge system (PEV) that allows their driving in exclusive lanes without providing external power. However, recharge of batteries is necessary, and the number and placement of charging stations have a fundamental role in the operation of this transport system. This work presents a discrete event simulation model that captures the pattern of bus dynamics and its corresponding energy consumption. An optimization strategy that utilizes a biobjective genetic algorithm is then associated with the simulation (simulation with optimization) to minimize both the number of charging stations and average extra time needed to recharge batteries. Information for passenger demand, bus speed, distances, road elevations, among others, have been obtained from the Curitiba public transportation system. The parameters of buses’ mobility are based on real data acquired, filtered and analyzed for six express lines from raw data provided by a computational system of a company that controls the public transportation system and urban area of the city. The mathematical model used to compute the power consumption of a bus is based on the energy required to run it, taking into account different loadings and friction forces. Fast battery recharge with typical parameters of an electric bus is considered at bus stops with charging stations. The results show different arrangements for the number of recharge stations and delays in the bus schedule, as well as the corresponding energy levels of batteries.

CAPES / As crescentes preocupações com as questões ambientais têm levado à consideração de alternativas na mobilidade e transporte urbanos. Dentre as opções disponíveis, os ônibus elétricos movidos a bateria têm sido bastante considerados em termos de flexibilidade, sustentabilidade e emissão de poluentes. Estes ônibus possuem um sistema plug-in de recarga (PEV) que permite sua circulação sem a necessidade de alimentação constante por vias exclusivas. Entretanto, devido à necessidade de recarga das baterias, o número e posicionamento das estações de recarga tem papel fundamental na viabilização da operação deste sistema de transporte. Este trabalho apresenta um modelo de simulação de eventos discretos que captura o padrão de movimentação dos ônibus e respectivo consumo de energia. Uma estratégia de otimização que utiliza um algoritmo genético biobjetivo é então associada à simulação (otimização com simulação) para minimizar tanto o número de estações de recarga quanto o tempo extra necessário para recarga dos ônibus. Foram utilizados dados reais de demanda de passageiros, velocidade dos ônibus, distâncias, relevos, entre outros, do sistema de transporte da cidade de Curitiba. Os parâmetros de mobilidade dos ônibus estão baseados em dados reais adquiridos, filtrados e analisados através de um sistema informatizado da empresa que controla o sistema público e urbanização da cidade para um total de seis linhas expressas. O modelo utilizado para o consumo de energia dos ônibus é baseado no cálculo da energia necessária para movimentar um ônibus, levando em conta diferentes carregamentos e forças de resistência ao movimento. Nas paradas que possuem estações de recarga, considera-se recarga rápida da bateria ajustada para os parâmetros típicos de um ônibus elétrico. Os resultados mostram diferentes arranjos para o número de estações de recarga e atrasos nos itinerários programados, assim como os níveis de operação das baterias. / Growing concerns with environmental issues have resulted in considering alternatives for urban mobility and public transportation. Among the available options, battery- powered electric buses have been fairly considered in terms of flexibility, sustainability and emission of pollutants. These buses have a plug-in recharge system (PEV) that allows their driving in exclusive lanes without providing external power. However, recharge of batteries is necessary, and the number and placement of charging stations have a fundamental role in the operation of this transport system. This work presents a discrete event simulation model that captures the pattern of bus dynamics and its corresponding energy consumption. An optimization strategy that utilizes a biobjective genetic algorithm is then associated with the simulation (simulation with optimization) to minimize both the number of charging stations and average extra time needed to recharge batteries. Information for passenger demand, bus speed, distances, road elevations, among others, have been obtained from the Curitiba public transportation system. The parameters of buses’ mobility are based on real data acquired, filtered and analyzed for six express lines from raw data provided by a computational system of a company that controls the public transportation system and urban area of the city. The mathematical model used to compute the power consumption of a bus is based on the energy required to run it, taking into account different loadings and friction forces. Fast battery recharge with typical parameters of an electric bus is considered at bus stops with charging stations. The results show different arrangements for the number of recharge stations and delays in the bus schedule, as well as the corresponding energy levels of batteries.

People without private transport are dependent on public transportation. Public transport, particularly minibus taxis, is the most popular mode of transport in the Northern Areas of Port Elizabeth. The objective of the minibus taxi industry is to provide public transport to minibus taxi commuters in an economically, reliable and safe manner. The focus of this case study was to explore and determine the views of minibus taxi commuters who utilised minibus taxis as a form of public transport, as well as the views of minibus taxi drivers in terms of adhering to road safety requirements on Stanford Road in Port Elizabeth. The literature survey revealed that transport in South Africa has had a political dimension arising from the Group Areas Act 41 of 1950. One consequence of this Act, which imposed residential segregation on the country, was that poor black commuters were forced to live far out of town, forcing them to travel long distances to places of work and commercial centres, with a commensurate increase in transport costs. Data was collected by means of two structured questionnaires which were administered to minibus taxi drivers and minibus taxi commuters to explore their views and experience of road safety on Stanford Road in Port Elizabeth. A discussion on the minibus taxi industry, minibus taxi associations and law enforcement agencies in Port Elizabeth, as well as the sustainability of the minibus taxi industry, followed in Chapter Three. Through this case study, valuable insight was gained regarding the minibus taxi industry and road safety in Port Elizabeth. Finally, recommendations to improve road safety were made.

Indian cities are currently facing various transportation issues like congestion, pollution, urban inequity, high fatality rate due to accidents etc. because of an increase in the ownership of private motor vehicles and their usage. This has prompted many policy makers to search for alternate modal options that are more sustainable than motorized modes. Non Motorized Transport (NMT), which includes mainly walking and cycling in an urban context, do not produce many of the issues associated with motorized modes like congestion, pollution, fatal accidents etc. But, promotion of NMT requires a clear-cut planning strategy, with a lucid understanding of various strategies and their effect on the NMT usage. Present study tries to answer certain pertinent questions, particularly with respect to walking and cycling, which can arise while preparing a plan for promoting NMT in Indian cities. The following are the questions that the author seeks to answer in the present study. 1) Which are the areas inside a city that a planner shall target for promotion of NMT?2) Where shall a planner locate the infrastructures for NMT in these areas?3) What may be the possible impacts of providing these NMT facilities?4) What may be the possible effect of built environment factors on the choice of NMT? Providing NMT infrastructures requires knowledge of location characteristics such as the trip distance of NMT. Present study tries to elicit the existing distance characteristics of walking and cycling in terms of an acceptable trip distance. The household travel data of Bangalore city, for the year 2009, are used in the study. First, a description and a statistical analysis of the walking and cycling trip distances across the subcategories of socio-demographic and regional factors is done. Secondly, the acceptable distance is computed from the cumulative trip length distribution based on the results of the statistical analysis. The socio-demographic and regional factors used in the study include purpose, age, gender, educational level, occupational status, and motor vehicle ownership. The major results include a significant difference between the mean trip distances on foot for the subcategories of variables such as gender (z value, 4.94), whether the respondent owned a private vehicle (z value, -21.2), and whether the trip was made inside the Central Business District (CBD) (z value, -3.93). One of the major implications of this study pertains to requirement of a footpath around main activity centers like bus stations, at least up to a distance of 1385 meters (maximum value for walking as the main mode) and around the bus stops, at least up to a distance of 750 meters (maximum value for walking as the access mode). Next, the present study analyzes the influence of built environment factors –density and diversity -on the mode choice and trip distance of the residents in the Bangalore city. The built environment factors are analyzed, for their marginal effects in the presence of various socio-demographic and alternative attributes, for the two segments -respondents owning at least a personal vehicle and respondents not owning any personal vehicle. The density used is the total density, which was the sum of population density in a zone and employment density in a zone. The diversity index, which was an explainer of the land-use mixture, was set such that, when a zone with small area had employment opportunities comparable with its population, the diversity index would be high. When tested on a holdout sample other than the ones used in the estimation of the mode choice model, for the vehicle-owning group, the model estimated produced a validation accuracy of 93% and 91% respectively for two-wheelers and walking. For the vehicle non-owning group, the prediction success rate was highest for walking (97%), and lowest for public transit (84%). For the vehicle non-owning group, an increase in the density increased the trip distance (parameter values of 0.016 for total density at origin and 0.002 for total density at destination) and decreased the NMT usage (parameter values of -0.036 and 0.038 respectively for cycling and walking for total density at origin, and -0.092 and 0.073 respectively for cycling and walking for total density at destination), but for the vehicle-owning group, the inverse was true. The results for the vehicle non-owning group highlighted the requirement of a policy framework to control the employment and housing location of them in order to reduce their trip distance. In the mode choice model for the personal vehicle-owning group, the similarity between the parameters of the built environment factors across the two-wheeler and NMT reflected the need for adopting policies that would change the attitude of people towards NMT. Also, the trip distance model determined that females preferred a shorter working distance, with a parameter value -0.109 for the vehicle-owning group and -0.04 for the vehicle non-owning group, when compared with males. Lastly, the study develops a methodological framework to determine the sustainability impact on providing NMT infrastructures using a Composite Sustainability Index (CSI). More specifically, the study develops a methodological framework to determine the variation in the CSI on providing NMT -walking and cycling – infrastructure. The methodology establishes a link between the proposed NMT infrastructures and the CSI using two explanatory indicators: 1) number of motorized vehicles and 2) vehicle-kilometers travelled by the motorized modes. The main components of the framework include the estimation of a mode choice model for a study area, calculation of the explanatory indicators for the scenarios before and after providing NMT infrastructures, and determination of the sustainability impact. The proposed framework, along with the acceptable distance determined in the earlier step, is then used to determine the sustainability impact on providing NMT facilities, for a future scenario, inside the CBD of Bangalore and around the bus stops carrying trips to the CBD. Three case studies are presented with the first one considering only intra zonal (CBD) trips, the second one considering only inter zonal trips having CBD as destination, and the third one considering both above mentioned the trips. The results of all the three case studies found an increase in the CSI (0.002 for the first case study, 0.076 for the second case study, and 0.100 for the third case study) for the peak-hour trips inside the CBD, on providing NMT infrastructures. This increase showed an improvement in the sustainability. Further, for the case study 1, which consisted of high percentage of short distance trips, the major beneficiaries of the NMT infrastructures were the low-income group. There was a reduction in public transport trips, of which the main contributors were the low-income group, from 142706.2 to 96410.2.

Over the last 100 years technological improvements in urban travel in terms of reliability and speed, has meant increased mobility for residents. This was accelerated with the advent of the automobile. It allowed many to move to the suburbs that were typified by less expensive lower density housing, and commute longer distances to their place of work. Today, in urban areas, cars are the main means of urban transport. The problem arises in major urban areas across North American when everyone tries to travel at the same time (usually during to trip to and from work). Urban areas are faced with problems of congestion (during rush hour) along with the lack of attractive transit alternatives. One aspect of this problem is examined in terms commuting habits. The purpose of this exercise is to examine the commuting habits of Justice Institute employees whose place of work moves from the West Side of Vancouver to New Westminister. In the postmove period employees made a number of decisions regarding their modal-type and residential location. These decisions may have a significant impact on their activities and travel patterns in the city. The goal is to collect data that would indicate the place of residence of employees before and after the Justice Institute move. It should also include employee modal-type in the pre and postmove periods of the move. Such information is important in the understanding the changes' employees make regarding their residential location and modal-type and the reasons for these changes. As well, employee characteristics such as income can influence these decisions. Such decisions are based on employee's preferences, likes and dislikes regarding their neighbourhood and modal-type. Within this framework, it is the goal of this analysis to understand how employees make trade-offs between where they live and the time they spend commuting to and from work. The correlation parameter may describe the tendency for some commuters to locate themselves close to their employment. The analysis of the survey results will help planners understand more about the urban transport problem. Within this framework, planners can learn why people choose to travel by car instead of transit. This may be related to choice of neighbourhood. It may be that employees choose neighbourhoods that they like to live in regardless of their place of work. Thus, to understand more about the transport problem planners need to know what kinds of neighbourhoods attract people. If the quality of neighbourhoods is an important factor regarding employees' choice of residential location, any transport plan must include land-use initiatives that attempt to create neighbourhoods that attract people. The idea is to bridge the two; otherwise conflicting land-use policies could easily undermine any transport plan. Within this framework, policy must be geared to bring home and places of work closer together. This means creating vibrant neighbourhoods that contain a variety of land-use that could create more employment opportunities closer to home. Neighbourhoods should not only create just residential uses alone. That would mean people would have less distance to travel. This would also mean creating pedestrian and transit friendly neighbourhoods. Less emphasis would be given to the car and more to alternative methods of transport. Such policies can go along way in reducing the dependence on the car. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of / Graduate

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