What about technology's role in making transport more sustainable? "What we need to be moving towards is systems of transport that support things like sharing economies and kind of a degrowth economy." Technology
"More sustainable transport is still not sustainable. But he questions whether economic growth should be the ultimate goal: Spinney acknowledges that transport currently supports economic growth.
"Sustainable transport should involve moving people and things less and bringing everything closer to where you are so that access is increased, and you use less energy and resources."ĭr. Justin Spinney, author of Understanding Urban Cycling and Co-Editor of Applied Mobilities, also highlights the issue of resourcing our mobility needs: The overall quality of life and well-being of the urban population should be enhanced Professor Becky Looĭr. "We need to be thinking about transport in a way that acknowledges the climate crisis and recognizes the different ways transport can harm land." Crystal Legacy, editorial board member of the journals Urban Policy and Research and Planning Theory & Practice. "Increasingly, connection to place needs to be part of the conversation about sustainable transport – especially in the context of Australia, where we're on stolen land, indigenous land," adds Dr. "Sustainable transport offers mobility services that are culturally and climatically appropriate for a given location and socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable for a defined period of time," she says. Professor Lucy Budd, editorial advisory board member of the Transportation Planning and Technology journal and Co-Editor of an upcoming book on urban logistics agrees: The overall quality of life and well-being of the urban population should be enhanced." "This involves environmental, social, and economic considerations. "The guiding principle of sustainable transport is meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs," says Professor Becky Loo, author of Unsustainable Transport and Transition in China and contributor to journals including Transportmetrica A. Meeting environmental, social, and economic needs We also highlight how cities can make transportation more sustainable – including how residents can help promote and implement sustainable mobility.Ĭlimate change and the environment are the first things that come to mind for many of us when thinking about sustainability.īut sustainable transport encompasses much more than this. And we discuss how our current transport systems lead to inequalities. We look at what sustainable transportation is and why it's more than just "green" technology. In this article, we're joined by several leading experts in mobility and sustainable transport infrastructure. has a target to provide safe, accessible, and sustainable transport systems for all by 2030.īut what does sustainable mobility in cities look like and what are the challenges we need to overcome to make intra-urban transport more sustainable? In Africa and some parts of Asia, this rises to 2 in 3. Meanwhile, 1 in 2 people across the world don't have access to public transport. They’re also congested with traffic, which causes pollution, stunts economic growth, and affects people’s quality of life. Transport problemsĭespite some changes to our travel habits because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobility is still a major problem in urban areas.Ĭities are responsible for half of road vehicle emissions, which leads to health problems and thousands of deaths each year. The number of “megacities” – those with more than 10 million inhabitants – is also expected to increase, from 31 in 2016 to 41 by 2030. Cities in Africa and Asia will expand the most. Īnd this number continues to grow – the United Nations (U.N.) predicts that almost 7 in 10 will live in cities by 2050. In 1960, only 1 in 3 of us lived in urban areas.
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