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Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice
TSTP 2017: Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering for Transport Networks and Systems pp 119–128Cite as
Transport Planning - It’s Not Rocket Science
David Williams
Conference paper
First Online: 03 August 2017
798 Accesses
Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems book series (LNNS,volume 21)
Abstract
When new transport infrastructure is designed and modelled we look at how it is used collectively, rather than at the individual level. However when we try change the behavior to alternative modes of transport we look at changing the individuals’ behavior. This paper provides a summary of the three tools available to governments to create change to how people travel: regulation/restriction, providing new infrastructure and Voluntary Travel Behavior Change. The paper explores each option and provides an explanation of how social practice theory can provide a new way of understanding the meanings associated with how we travel that ‘lock-in’ travel by car. It is possible to see that a wider interpretation of transport solutions and understanding of the concept of induced demand it is possible to deliver transport solutions that change the norm towards more sustainable modes of travel, reducing the burden on the individual to change in a system that is designed for travel by car.
Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice
TSTP 2017: Recent Advances in Traffic Engineering for Transport Networks and Systems pp 119–128Cite as
Transport Planning - It’s Not Rocket Science
David Williams
Conference paper
First Online: 03 August 2017
798 Accesses
Part of the Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems book series (LNNS,volume 21)
Abstract
When new transport infrastructure is designed and modelled we look at how it is used collectively, rather than at the individual level. However when we try change the behavior to alternative modes of transport we look at changing the individuals’ behavior. This paper provides a summary of the three tools available to governments to create change to how people travel: regulation/restriction, providing new infrastructure and Voluntary Travel Behavior Change. The paper explores each option and provides an explanation of how social practice theory can provide a new way of understanding the meanings associated with how we travel that ‘lock-in’ travel by car. It is possible to see that a wider interpretation of transport solutions and understanding of the concept of induced demand it is possible to deliver transport solutions that change the norm towards more sustainable modes of travel, reducing the burden on the individual to change in a system that is designed for travel by car.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Scientific And Technical Conference Transport Systems Theory And Practice |
| Editors | Elzbieta Macioszek, Grzegorz Sierpinkski |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 119 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Volume | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-64084-6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-64083-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 31 Jul 2018 |