1. Contemporary Sustainability Issues in Urban Areas
Transport and its management
Contemporary Sustainability Issues in Urban Areas

2. Urban Transport Things to consider today: Why such a problem?
Solutions – and examples?
Effective? Sustainable?
Why has urban transport increased and why is it considered such a problem? - Making notes.

4. Solutions – sustainable, integrated, efficient transport management
Let’s read – everything! (textbook p and several articles - next slide)
Broadly we deal with urban transport in 4 key ways:
Road schemes and restricted access
Traffic management schemes
Streamlining public transport
New mass transit systems

5. Resources for this lesson
Feb 2014 BBC Health impacts and facts Boris Bikes
Cardiff Boris bike scheme
London pollution charge
oxford street pedestrianised
Singapore congestion charge
Geofile Cambridge and Rio
Ford launches e-bikes March
2015Paris transport May 2016
Dubai hyperloop

7. create examples for ways of creating a sustainable city.
TASK:
Using the Urban Transport - Integrated, Sustainable Solutions sheet, and the readings,
create examples for ways of creating a sustainable city.
Do 4 or 5 large examples (see next slide for an example) and then list/note other name-drop examples on the back
(list below and any extras from articles given here)
Ringroads, bypasses/M25
Boris’ bikes
London parking sensors
Curitiba buses . . .
Mexico license plates
Walking school bus – Toronto
London underground

8. An example of how to group the articles

10. Curitiba - a sustainable city Curitiba - Guardian 2016
TASK:
Watch the video and read the article on Curitiba in Brazil
Use this information and your own research to complete the case study sheet.
Curitiba - a sustainable city
Curitiba - Guardian 2016