TY - GEN
T1 - Mobility challenges in urban environment
T2 - 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering - Towards a Better Environment, CE 2009 and the 4th International Conference on the Concrete Future, CF 2009
AU - Santos, Bruno
AU - Silva, Ana Bastos
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In 2006, the European Commission presented the Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment [1] and opened the public debate on a European agenda for sustainable urban transport. The document described a number of environmental challenges and problems faced by most of the European urban areas, highlighting the negative impacts that urban transport has on air pollution, noise, and on urban environment in general. Most urban areas in the EU are experiencing an increasing need for mobility and a growing dependence on the private car. The Thematic Strategy recommended the development and implementation of sustainable urban transport plans, defending that guidance should be provided to help local authorities to be effective in this respect. In this article, we present the sustainable mobility plan (SMP) developed for the city of Cantanhede as an example case of a simplified methodology to develop such type of plans for small size cities. For the particular case of Cantanhede, three objectives were defined: the promotion of cleaner transport modes; the requalification of the city centre; and the integration between transport modes. The objectives were defined according to the potentialities of the cities and the major mobility problems previously identified. The SMP defined and proposed a set of transport projects, actions, and policies. The proposals were divided by transport subsystem, and the associated goals and possible agents involved were identified.
AB - In 2006, the European Commission presented the Thematic Strategy on the Urban Environment [1] and opened the public debate on a European agenda for sustainable urban transport. The document described a number of environmental challenges and problems faced by most of the European urban areas, highlighting the negative impacts that urban transport has on air pollution, noise, and on urban environment in general. Most urban areas in the EU are experiencing an increasing need for mobility and a growing dependence on the private car. The Thematic Strategy recommended the development and implementation of sustainable urban transport plans, defending that guidance should be provided to help local authorities to be effective in this respect. In this article, we present the sustainable mobility plan (SMP) developed for the city of Cantanhede as an example case of a simplified methodology to develop such type of plans for small size cities. For the particular case of Cantanhede, three objectives were defined: the promotion of cleaner transport modes; the requalification of the city centre; and the integration between transport modes. The objectives were defined according to the potentialities of the cities and the major mobility problems previously identified. The SMP defined and proposed a set of transport projects, actions, and policies. The proposals were divided by transport subsystem, and the associated goals and possible agents involved were identified.
KW - Cleaner Transport Modes
KW - Living Streets
KW - Sustainable Mobility
KW - Traffic Calming
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84902462926&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84902462926
SN - 9789810832421
T3 - Proceedings of the Twin Coimbra International Conferences on Civil Engineering - Towards a Better Environment, CE 2009 and the Concrete Future, CF 2009
SP - CE91-CE99
BT - Proceedings of the Twin Coimbra International Conferences on Civil Engineering - Towards a Better Environment, CE 2009 and the Concrete Future, CF 2009
PB - CI-Premier Pte Ltd
Y2 - 17 June 2009 through 19 June 2009
ER -
