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Revision as of 16:16, 16 March 2015
Sustainable transport refers to the broad subject of transport that is or approaches being sustainable. Within the sca wiki here, cycling and Road safety have their own separate articles. In comparison to the earlier version of the sca wiki this article collates information covering the topics: Sustainable travel, reduced dependence on cars, reduced dependence on flying, walking, water transport and school travel
What communities can do
- Advocate Pedestrianised Town squares and other pedestrianised areas
- Canal and waterways conservation and recovery, campaigns to save boatyards
- Encourage e-work, teleworking and teleconferences via local teleconferencing facilities and clubs
- Encourage car sharing, car sharing plus social networking, car share clubs, liftsharing
- local car free days
- Maps and apps to encourage walking, cycling, public and river transport
- Oppose unsustainable aviation expansion
- Parish walks, 'beating the bounds', Torchlit procession to mark arrival of Spring
- Promote cycling - see separate article, walking and sustainable tourism
- Promote public transport, eco cabs, minibus schemes and river transport
- Public transport days or weeks
- Quiet lanes
- Safer routes to schools, School travel pans and walking buses
- Sustainability walks
- Walkers are welcome intiatives
- Walking for health initiatives
Why it matters
Sustainable transport systems make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve.
Communities which are successfully improving the sustainability of their transport networks are doing so as part of a wider programme of creating more vibrant, livable, sustainable cities. W
Sustainable transport is fundamentally a grassroots movement, albeit one which is now recognised as of citywide, national and international significance.
Whereas it started as a movement driven by environmental concerns, over these last years there has been increased emphasis on social equity and fairness issues, and in particular the need to ensure proper access and services for lower income groups and people with mobility limitations, including the fast-growing population of older citizens. Many of the people exposed to the most vehicle noise, pollution and safety risk have been those who do not own, or cannot drive cars, and those for whom the cost of car ownership causes a severe financial burden. W
Reduced dependence on cars and technology
(article needed)
eg see: What the Rise of Technology Has to Do With the Decline of Driving, CityLab, Oct 01, 2013
Resources
Citizens data initiative
Maps
Open Charge Map, global public registry of electric vehicle charging locations
Video
See also
- local information can be found, or shared, via our many location pages
- Communities online
- Climate action
- Cycling, sustainable community action
- Localism
- Open spaces
- Road safety
- Rural sustainability
- Sustainable livelihood
- Sustainable transport
- Urban sustainability
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Sustainable transport, Environmental impact of aviation, Hitchhiking
External links
- Convergence: The Politics of Transport in Cities, World Streets
- The Man in Seat Sixty-One . . ., train travel guide
- Worldcarfree.net, online headquarters of the World Carfree Network W
References
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