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Metropolitan
fringes
Controlling urbanisation and achieving sustainable development
in fringe zones bordering on the metropolitan areas:
evaluation of practices and innovative proposals |
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Theme
3:
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Controlling
commuting and travel and reducing
their impact on the environment
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the results of the first phase of theme 3 (".pdf"
format)
Steered by IAURIF
The peri-urban zones are characterised by low population
density, and by relatively scattered urbanisation. This situation
leads to an increase in the number and length of journeys, and makes
it difficult to organise public transport and to make it cost-effective.
The private motor car is the preferred or even only means of transport
in these areas, and it goes against the objectives of sustainable
development, aimed at less polluting and more energy-efficient means
of transport. The low density and the proximity of big cities make
this area the location for the main transportation infrastructures
like motorways and airports bringing traffic congestion. Limiting
the increase in the number and the length of journeys and facilitating
a switch to public transport or to non-polluting means of transport
supposes the development of new methods and policies concerning
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location and shape of urbanisation; |
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location of activities generating
mobility, and how well the chosen locations are served; |
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assessment and control of
the effects of transport infrastructure investment on generating
development; |
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innovation in people
and freight transport techniques; |
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coordination of
transport on the scale of living and working catchment areas; |
By comparing the commuting and travel practices in
the various areas, it is possible to appreciate better the correlation
between the location and the design of urbanisation, and the use
of the various means of transport (motor car, public transport,
two-wheelers, or walking), and to assess their consequences in terms
of impact on the environment (noise, pollution, energy consumption).
The project highlights innovative experiments concerned with controlling
commuting and travel in zones of low population density ; such experiments
concerning, for example, urbanisation control, transport organisation,
or technical innovation. It endeavours to promote the planning conceptions
that are the most favourable to the use of means alternative to
the motor car.
June 7, 1999 in London: first meeting of
the technical theme group.
October 28 and 29, 1999 in Mannheim: second meeting.
March 8 and 9, 2001 in Mannheim : next meeting
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