Summary

From an environmental and financial sustainability perspective, a focus on car based transport for urban transportation is no longer feasible or desirable. Therefore, many cities are now looking to promoting public and non-motorised forms of transport as alternatives. To incentivise a modal switch, these alternative services have to be affordable, efficient and attractive, in terms of their quality. Integrated multimodal transport planning, which takes an approach to planning that incorporates both motorised and non-motorised transport as well as private and public systems, is one way to move towards this. These types of plans, take into account the whole city system and run in contrast to the traditional focus on the private vehicle. When these plans are well-designed and implemented, therefore, they become a potential way for cities to improve passengers’ mobility across the transportation network and therefore connectivity in a city overall.

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