Content | InTRODUCTION
- Idea
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- Investigation
- • Labour market and work places
- • Mobility and transport
- • Public life and urban space
- • Housing and neighbourhoods
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No society can exist without the movement of people, goods and information, which is generally regarded as a means for evolution, be it the facilitation of trade or most importantly for human interaction. Modern transport is what collapses the distances between two points and as such, it needs to be available to all equally. But transport is also deeply intrinsic and is often as much of an end in itself. It offers the most direct emotional experience of technical progress; it is a lifestyle marker, the physical representation of great political achievements and the raison d'ętre for the world’s leading industrial sector. The consequences are obvious, transport is one of the most contested development areas, which while offering an endless amount of solutions remains extremely controversial...
01 | How do transport systems influence the process of urban development? What are the economic, social and environmental implications of different transport choices, e.g. a modal bias in terms of investment or lack there of? What is the potential for a shift towards more sustainable forms of urban transport?
02 | What are the characteristics of the transport systems in sustainable cities? How do these systems structure and articulate differentiated parts of these cities, strengthen their nodes and connect their neighbourhoods? In terms of transport, what are the negatives or costs associated to otherwise desirable urban settings such as high-density cities? What is the relationship between density and congestion? And what about sprawl?
03 | What financing strategies are available to manage a continuous development and upgrading of the transport system? How do alternative strategies compare in terms of their technological, managerial and political feasibility?
04 | How do individuals experience mobility through the city in their everyday lives? What are the spatial implications of their perceptions and the decisions made based on them? How can transport studies incorporate this experiential dimension to its field of knowledge?
05 | How much could citywide accessibility strategies improve by the sensible planning of micro levels of transport? Are the design of street and public space in and around transport facilities, the local accessibility to public transport and the experience of ‘being in motion’ important and key details in the successful design of large-scale metropolitan or regional transport plans?
