Definition

Sustainable transport planners concern themselves with moving people and moving goods. They attempt to integrate both so that humans can have efficient access to jobs, stores, and community activities, while freight and products efficiently move in and out of the city. Sustainable transportation includes land use zoning such as bike paths or truck-free neighborhoods, infrastructure development such as subway systems, and socio economic incentives such as carpool lanes. In metroplex areas, sustainable transportation is complex and highly political because of the overlay of local, state, and regional transport and commerce authorities and bureaucracies. The general goals of sustainable transportation are: reduce pollution, increase efficiency of people and cargo movement, maintain safety, reward low-energy vehicles and transport modalities, discourage development that separates workers from their place of work, and harmonize vehicle fees, taxes, and tolls to favor these goals.

pollution, urban, planning, bicycling, commuting, cycling advocacy, road safety, nonpolluting buses, biodiesel vehicles, pollution reduction, integrated transportation planning, walking, access by proximity, carfree, pedestrian areas, trams, trolley cars, monorail, light rail, affordable transportation, cities, bicycle friendly, bike, transportation energy security, mass transit, bicycle freeway, green cities, public transit, freight, cargo, car pool, bicycle paths, land use zoning, parking fees, parking meters, alternate side-of-the-street parking, green taxes, tolls, hybrid vehicles, bus lanes, subways, transportation authorities, harbors, ports, railyards, air cargo facilities, traffic-calming, traffic cameras, street surface textures, pedestrian traffic, noise abatement, greenways, speed humps, speed bumps, raised crosswalks, pedestrian refuges, bus bulbs, neckdowns, pedestrian-phased red lights, mobility, bicycle freeways

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