The revised National Urban Transport Policy of 2014 referred to ‘Avoid, Shift and Improve’ in transport planning as advocated by the Asian Development Bank.
This means ‘avoid’ increase in demand for travel both by reducing the number and length of trips. Promote a shift from personal vehicles to other MRT and non-motorized transport modes to reduce energy demand and hence pollution in cities. Improve strategy includes use of clean fuels and clean vehicle technology.
The revised policy goes on to say : Attention should be paid to channel the future growth of a city around a pre- planned UT network rather than develop UT after uncontrolled sprawl has taken place.
Planning should, therefore, enable a city to take an urban form that best suits the geographical constraints of its location and also one that best supports the key social and economic activities of its residents. All urban development and planning bodies in the States would be required to have in house transport planners as well as representation from transport authorities in their management.
A 2008 Report says that most cities do not have a long-term comprehensive urban transport strategy. Accordingly the proposals for specific projects are often not integrated with other urban transport measures or with land use patterns. Guidelines for developing Comprehensive Mobility Plans (CMP) were developed in 2008 and a 2016 report says 25 cities, more than half of them in Karnataka, have developed such plans.
Conventional urban transport plans focused on addressing issues relating to vehicles and often recommended extensive infrastructure development such as road networks and flyovers. The improvement of vehicle flows in this approach, however, is often achieved though decreased mobility of pedestrians, Non Motorized Vehicles (NMV) and public transport users. Consequently, mobility of people as a whole has not been appropriately addressed.
The CMP, on the other hand, focuses on mobility of people to address urban transport problems, to promote better use of existing infrastructure, improvement of public transport, pedestrian and NMV facilities. It also emphasizes integration of land use and transport development.
This means ‘avoid’ increase in demand for travel both by reducing the number and length of trips. Promote a shift from personal vehicles to other MRT and non-motorized transport modes to reduce energy demand and hence pollution in cities. Improve strategy includes use of clean fuels and clean vehicle technology.
The revised policy goes on to say : Attention should be paid to channel the future growth of a city around a pre- planned UT network rather than develop UT after uncontrolled sprawl has taken place.
Planning should, therefore, enable a city to take an urban form that best suits the geographical constraints of its location and also one that best supports the key social and economic activities of its residents. All urban development and planning bodies in the States would be required to have in house transport planners as well as representation from transport authorities in their management.
A 2008 Report says that most cities do not have a long-term comprehensive urban transport strategy. Accordingly the proposals for specific projects are often not integrated with other urban transport measures or with land use patterns. Guidelines for developing Comprehensive Mobility Plans (CMP) were developed in 2008 and a 2016 report says 25 cities, more than half of them in Karnataka, have developed such plans.
Conventional urban transport plans focused on addressing issues relating to vehicles and often recommended extensive infrastructure development such as road networks and flyovers. The improvement of vehicle flows in this approach, however, is often achieved though decreased mobility of pedestrians, Non Motorized Vehicles (NMV) and public transport users. Consequently, mobility of people as a whole has not been appropriately addressed.
The CMP, on the other hand, focuses on mobility of people to address urban transport problems, to promote better use of existing infrastructure, improvement of public transport, pedestrian and NMV facilities. It also emphasizes integration of land use and transport development.
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