Active Travel Oriented Development: Assessing the suitability of sites for new homes
Type: Journal Article Venue: European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research Year: 2022
Abstract
The location of new housing developments, and the provision of safe space for walking and cycling to key destinations around them, have major and long lasting impacts on travel behaviour, health, and environmental outcomes. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a well-recognised concept in urban planning, but systematic evidence is often lacking on the likely “active travel performance” of new developments, making it hard for the planning process to support sustainable transport objectives. This paper articulates the concept of “Active Travel Oriented Development” (ATOD) and describes methods for operationalising it. We demonstrate the use of a set of simple metrics to assess the active travel performance of new and proposed development sites. ATOD has the benefits of building on the established concept of TOD and being easy to assess. We conclude that ATOD, and tools for measuring it, are needed to ensure that transport and development policies work in harmony.
Citation
Joseph Talbot, Martin Lucas-Smith, Andrew Speakman, Megan Streb, Simon Nuttall, Dustin Carlino, Patrick Johansson, Nathanael Sheehan, Nikée Groot, and Robin Lovelace (2022). Active Travel Oriented Development: Assessing the suitability of sites for new homes. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research. https://doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2022.22.4.6015
BibTeX
@article{talbot_active_2022,
title = {Active {{Travel Oriented Development}}: {{Assessing}} the Suitability of Sites for New Homes},
shorttitle = {Active {{Travel Oriented Development}}},
author = {Talbot, Joseph and {Lucas-Smith}, Martin and Speakman, Andrew and Streb, Megan and Nuttall, Simon and Carlino, Dustin and Johansson, Patrick and Sheehan, Nathanael and Groot, Nik{\'e}e and Lovelace, Robin},
year = {2022},
month = nov,
journal = {European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research},
volume = {22},
number = {4},
pages = {51--72},
issn = {1567-7141},
doi = {10.18757/ejtir.2022.22.4.6015},
urldate = {2022-11-28},
abstract = {The location of new housing developments, and the provision of safe space for walking and cycling to key destinations around them, have major and long lasting impacts on travel behaviour, health, and environmental outcomes. Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a well-recognised concept in urban planning, but systematic evidence is often lacking on the likely `active travel performance' of new developments, making it hard for the planning process to support sustainable transport objectives. This paper articulates the concept of `Active Travel Oriented Development' (ATOD) and describes methods for operationalising it. We demonstrate the use of a set of simple metrics to assess the active travel performance of new and proposed development sites. ATOD has the benefits of building on the established concept of TOD and being easy to assess. We conclude that ATOD, and tools for measuring it, are needed to ensure that transport and development policies work in harmony.},
copyright = {Copyright (c) 2022 Joseph Talbot, Martin Lucas-Smith, Andrew Speakman, Megan Streb, Simon Nuttall, Dustin Carlino, Patrick Johansson, Nathanael Sheehan, Nik{\'e}e Groot, Robin Lovelace},
langid = {english},
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}