Table 7: Transport
| Author | Title | Description | Access |
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| Commission for Integrated Transport (CfIT) | Website: Provides independent advice to the UK Government on the implementation of integrated transport policy, to monitor cross-sector transport developments, environment, health and other sectors and to review progress towards meeting sustainability objectives. | Online: http://www.cfit.gov.uk/ (UK) |
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| Crawford J H (2002) | Carfree Cities and carfree.com | Book and website: Offers practical solutions to urban problems caused by a reliance on cars and trucks. | International Books, Utrecht. The book can be ordered via http://www.carfree.com (USA) |
| Dekoster J and Schollaert U (1999) | Cycling: the way ahead for towns and cities | Book: Examines the issues connected with the use of the bicycle as a regular mode of transport in the urban environment. | Online: http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/cycling/cycling_en.pdf (European Union) |
| Dora C and Phillips M (Editors) (2000) | Transport, Environment and Health | Website report: Aims to inform policy analysts, decision makers, and politicians about the health and environment effects of transport and the means to reduce those effects. | Online: http://www.who.dk/document/e72015.pdf WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 89 (Denmark/WHO) |
| Frank L D, Engelke P, Hourigan D, Schmid T L and Killingsworth R (2001) | How Land Use and Transportation Systems Impact Public Health - Active Community Environments (ACEs) Working Papers #1 and #2 | Website report: Discusses how urban form affects public health, specifically through the ways in which the built environment encourages or discourages physical activity levels. | Online: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/pdf/aces-workingpaper1.pdf (main report) http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/pdf/acesworkingpaper2.pdf (bibliography) (USA) |
| Hillman M (1999) | The Impact Of Transport Policy On Children’s Development | Website: Outline of strategies intended to return to children the wide range of opportunities that they need for their development. | Online: http://www.spokeseastkent.org.uk/mayer.htm (UK) |
| Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) | Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) | Website: Establishes a framework for government to set goals, objectives, targets or standards and initiate actions to assist in achieving an environmentally sustainable transport system. | Online: www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_34363_44954_1_1_1_37433,00.html (Europe) |
| Scheurer J | Car-free Housing in European Cities | Website: Presents information, including case studies, on urban living strategies which contribute to a high quality of life without the need to own or use a car. | Online: http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au/publications/projects/carfree/carfree.html (Australia) |
| State of Florida (1999) | Final Report of the Transportation and Land Use Study Committee | Website report: Presents the recommendations of State of Florida’s Transport and Land Use Study Committee which recommends implementation of Smart Growth and Smart Communities principles. | Online: http://www.dot.state.fl.us/planning/publications/landusestudy.pdf (USA) |
| The Centre for Sustainable Transportation | Website: Provides a range of material to inform stakeholders and raise awareness about sustainable transportation. | Online: http://www.cstctd.org/ (Canada) |
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| Tolley R (Editor) (2002 - 2nd edition) | The Greening of Urban Transport: Planning for walking and cycling in Western cities | Book: Presents a thorough review of how the quality of our life in Western cities can be improved by environmentally sensitive transport planning. It provides a primer on the “green modes” - walking and cycling - and describes the theory and illustrates the practice. | John Wiley & Sons, Chichester (UK) |
| University of California | University of California Transportation Center | Website: Provides access to a large range of transport research results through working papers, journal articles and its magazine ACCESS, in which recent articles cover parkways, bicycle safety, congestion, induced travel, and freight. | Online: http://www.uctc.net/ (USA) |
| US Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) | Website: Provides access to transportation reports on topics such as: transport corridors, pedestrian access, travel and land use, bicycling and walking. | Online: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ (USA) |
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| Victoria Transport Policy Institute (WTPI) | Website: Develops innovative, practical and sustainable solutions to transportation problems. | Online: http://vtpi.org/ (Canada) |
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| Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering | Sustainable Transport in Sustainable Cities | Website: Contains the findings of this research to develop a strategic plan for managing accessibility in cities in the 21st century. | Online: http://www.warren.usyd.edu.au/transport/index.html (Australia) |
| World Bank | World Bank - Urban Transport | Website: Offers access to reports on environmental and energy impacts, transportation planning, transport strategies and urban development. | Online: http://www.worldbank.org/transport/ut_over.htm (USA/World Bank) |
| World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) (2002) | Mobility 2001 | Website report: Examines sustainable mobility as a ‘snapshot’: how mobile people and goods are in various regions; and the extent to which mobility is threatening to become unsustainable. | Online: http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=d&id=ODk0Mg (PDF 1.6MB) (UK) |
