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Ensure freedom of access to all members of society in an environmentally sensitive and healthy manner.

Sub themes on this page: Mobility, Pedestrian Infrastructure

Mobility

Enable and guide planners and designers towards rebuilding a sustainable mobility network.

Encourage the shift towards clean and environmentally friendly transportation.

Improve the efficiency and attractiveness of existing transportation modes and facilities.

Reduce CO2 emissions and noise resulting from transportation.

Raise awareness about the importance of environmentally friendly transportation systems.

Strategies

  • Promote alternative transportation (e-mobility, cycling, informal, water, air)
  • Prioritise public transportation
  • Prioritise parking spaces to support multimodal mass trasnit and electric vehicles

 

Alignment with existing WorldGBC principles:

  • Net Zero Operational Carbon
  • Health & Wellbeing Framework – 1.1 Improve Air Quality, 1.3 Improve Mental Health, 2.1 Ensure Thermal Comfort, 2.5 Ensure inclusive Design, 3.2 Ensure Outdoor nature Access & biodiversity, 4.1 Promote activity & Physical Health in design, 4.2 Encourage Good Nutrition Hydration & Social Connectivity, 5.3 Improve Quality of life, 6.1 Commit to Climate change mitigation.

 

Stakeholders to involve:

  • Ministry of transportation
  • Ministry of environment
  • Ministry of local government
  • Municipalities
  • Public at large

Pedestrian Infrastructure

Enable and guide better universal accessibility by raising awareness on the importance of environmentally friendly transportation systems.

Provide transportation infrastructure and services that are safe, affordable, equitable and that provide social justice, ensuring no transportation-disadvantaged people are left behind.

Encourage a shift towards clean and environmentally friendly transportation by reducing the use of vehicles, cutting residents’ expenses on fuel and helping decrease CO2 emissions.

Promote healthier and more sustainable lifestyles through walkability.

Strategies

  • Design inclusive way-finding system
  • Plan for equity & social justice
  • Prioritise walkability

 

Alignment with WorldGBC principles:

  • Net Zero Operational Carbon
  • Health & Wellbeing Framework – 1.1 Improve Air Quality, 1.3 Improve Mental Health, 2.1 Ensure Thermal Comfort, 2.5 Ensure inclusive Design, 3.2 Ensure Outdoor nature Access & biodiversity, 4.1 Promote activity & Physical Health in design, 4.2 Encourage Good Nutrition Hydration & Social Connectivity, 5.3 Improve Quality of life, 6.1 Commit to Climate change mitigation.

 

Stakeholders to involve:

  • Ministry of local government
  • Municipalities
  • Public at large

 

Theme Tools:

  • GIS tools: ArcGIS, Google Maps, Wikimapia, Google Earth
  • ACAD Master/Detailed Plans
  • Surveys: on public transportation, parking, walking, and cycling
  • Implementation standards, drawings, and specifications
  • GIS tools: ArcGIS, Google Maps, Wikimapia, Google Earth
  • CAD Master/Detailed Plans
  • Surveys: inventory surveys, pedestrian operations, etc.
  • Implementation standards, drawings, and specifications

Sub theme: Mobility

Attari, A., Schiffer, R., Hegazy, M., Zureiqat, H., Semaan, R.,and Abu- Eisheh, S., 2020. “The Mobility Transition in the MENA Region: Comparative Policy Perspectives”. http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/amman/16656.pdf 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2010.’Recommendations’. https://www.cdc.gov/transportation/recommendation.htm 

Florida Department of Transportation, 2002, Quality/Level of Service Handbook.  www.dot.state.fl.us/Planning/systems/sm/los/default.htm 

Hiatt, Rachel E.M., 2006, An Alternative to Auto LOS for Transportation Impact Analysis, Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. www.mdt.mt.gov/research/docs/trb_cd/Files/06-2306.pdf  

Stojanovski, T. 2020. ‘Urban design and public transportation – public spaces, visual proximity and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)’. Journal of Urban Design. Vol. 25(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2019.1592665

 

Sub theme: Pedestrian infrastructure

Abley S, 2005. Walkability Scoping Paper. Abley Transportation Consultants, Christchurch New Zealand.

Dörrzapf, et al. 2019. ‘Defining and assessing walkability: a concept for an integrated approach using surveys, biosensors and geospatial analysis’. Urban Development, Vol 62 (1). https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/udi/62/1/article-p5.xml?language=en 

Litman, T. 2014. ‘Evaluating Transportation Equity, Guidance For Incorporating Distributional Impacts in Transportation Planning’. Victoria Transport Policy Institute. https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/2014_Litman_Evaluating-Tran…

McNally, K. 2010. ‘Design Guidelines for Walkable Communities’. https://www.uc.edu/cdc/niehoff_studio/programs/great_streets/w10/reports/design_guidelines.pdf 

Merck, A. 2019. ‘6 Ways to Advance Equity in Public Transportation’. https://salud-america.org/6-ways-to-advance-equity-in-public-transportation/  

Rodrigue, J.-P. (n.d.). A.4 – Transportation and Accessibility. The Geography of Transport Systems. https://transportgeography.org/contents/methods/transportation-accessibi…

SEGD. ‘What is Wayfinding?’. https://segd.org/what-wayfinding  

Shaheen, S. & Cohen, A. 2018. ‘Five Strategies to Enhance Transportation Equity in Shared Mobility’. https://medium.com/move-forward-blog/five-strategies-to-enhance-transportation-equity-in-shared-mobility-e36adfd7933e  

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