Transformation of urban mobility during COVID-19 pandemic – Lessons for transportation planning

O conceito de mobilidade urbana ainda é muito recente no Brasil e os problemas a ele relacionados ainda não estão muito claros para uma parcela significativa da população. Este artigo tem como objetivo identificar se isto também se verifica com técnicos e planejadores trabalhando especificamente nos campos do planejamento urbano e de transportes. O estudo foi realizado em uma cidade média brasileira, com uma ferramenta computacional concebida para ajudar na definição de um Sistema de Indicadores de Mobilidade Urbana. Neste estudo de caso foram utilizadas técnicas de avaliação qualitativa que permitiram confrontar a percepção dos usuários acerca do conceito de mobilidade urbana antes e depois do uso da ferramenta. A abordagem permitiu demonstrar que de fato havia inicialmente uma visão parcial da mobilidade por parte dos técnicos. Também conduziu à conclusão de que parece ter havido uma significativa ampliação no seu grau de conhecimento sobre o tema ao longo do processo.Abstract The concept of urban mobility is still recent in Brazil. As a consequence, the problems related to the concept are not clear for a significant part of the population. The objective of this study is to examine if this is also the case for technicians and planners working specifically in the fields of urban and transportation planning. The study was carried out in a Brazilian medium-sized city, through an application with a computational tool originally designed to help in the construction of a System of Urban Mobility Indica- tors. Qualitative analyses tools were applied for comparing the participants’ perception about the urban mobility concept before and after the used of the tool. The approach was able to reveal that the professionals had indeed a partial view of mobility at the beginning of the research. It also led to the conclusion that their knowledge about the theme evolved significantly during the process.

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E-Scooter Systems

Examining the Socio-Technical Impact of Smart Cities - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-5326-8.ch002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 36-67

Author(s):

Betül Ertoy Sariişik ◽

Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Traffic Congestion ◽

Transportation Planning ◽

City Planning ◽

Global Scale ◽

Urban Mobility ◽

Transport Mode ◽

Expert Opinions ◽

Fossil Fuel Consumption ◽

Sustainable Urban Mobility

Transportation planning, as one of the essential parts of city planning, has the potential to solve many problems on a global scale. These problems can be listed as traffic congestion, air pollution, fossil-fuel consumption, accessibility problems, global warming, climate change, and psychological problems affecting human lives. In recent years, transportation planning studies have come to the fore within the concept of sustainable urban mobility. The focus of this research is e-scooter systems, one of the micromobility options within the scope of urban mobility. The study explores how the availability of this micro transport mode can affect the time, cost, and ease of travels. In order to get information about the applications in Turkey, provider representatives were interviewed, and mobile applications and expert opinions were consulted.

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Transportation Planning for Automated Vehicles—Or Automated Vehicles for Transportation Planning?

Essays in Philosophy ◽

10.7710/1526-0569.1635 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 189-205 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Shane Epting ◽

Keyword(s):

Transportation Planning ◽

Transportation Systems ◽

Urban Mobility ◽

Perceived Benefits ◽

Automated Vehicles ◽

Human Flourishing ◽

Urban Settings ◽

Ethical Decisions ◽

The Many

In recent years, philosophical examinations of automated vehicles have progressed far beyond initial concerns over the ethical decisions that pertain to programming in the event of a crash. In turn, this paper moves in that direction, focusing on the motivations behind efforts to implement driverless vehicles into urban settings. The author argues that the many perceived benefits of these technologies yield a received view of automated vehicles. This position holds that driverless vehicles can solve most if not all urban mobility issues. However, the problem with such an outlook is that it lends itself to transportation planning for automated vehicles, rather than using them as part of planning efforts that could serve urban mobility. Due to this condition, present efforts aimed at improving transportation systems should resist dogmatic thinking. Instead, they should focus on goals that keep topics such a human flourishing, sustainability, and transportation justice firmly in view.

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Padrões de geração de viagens e mobilidade urbana sustentável

TRANSPORTES ◽

10.14295/transportes.v18i1.382 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Marcelo Tadeu Mancini ◽

Antônio Nélson Rodrigues da Silva

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Transportation Planning ◽

Intermediate Level ◽

Urban Mobility ◽

Trip Generation ◽

Sustainable Mobility ◽

Indirect Influence ◽

Starting Point ◽

Level Of Difficulty ◽

Sustainable Urban Mobility

Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é apontar ações de planejamento urbano e de transportes que sirvam para orientar gestores e técnicos no sentido de alcançar padrões de geração de viagens que conduzam à mobilidade sustentável. A pesquisa baseia-se em um método de previsão de implementação de ações através de cenários, cuja avaliação é conduzida com auxílio do Índice de Mobilidade Urbana Sustentável (IMUS). A partir de um cenário piloto, alguns resultados foram obtidos e são aqui apresentados e analisados. A maior efetividade de mudança ocorreu com a aplicação de ações de influência média e indiretas na Geração de Viagens Sustentáveis (GVS), e com mínimo e médio graus de dificuldade, que podem alterar o valor do IMUS em cerca de 24 %. Estas ações, por sua clara facilidade de implementação e efetividade, podem ser priorizadas como o início de um plano de mudança nas características das viagens sustentáveis.Abstract: The aim of this work is to indicate actions in urban and transportation planning that are suitable to guide the decisions of managers and technicians towards standards of trip generation conducting to sustainable mobility. The study is based on a method for predicting the implementation of actions through scenarios. Their assessment is subsequently done with the Index of Sustainable Urban Mobility (I_SUM). The outcomes of a pilot study are presented and analyzed. The most effective changes were produced with the application of actions of intermediate and indirect influence on the so-called Sustainable Trip Generation, and also of minimum and intermediate level of difficulty for implementation. They can positively change the value of I_SUM in about 24 %. As they are effective and easy to implement, these actions can be a starting point of a plan for making the characteristics of the trips more sustainable.

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Linking Social Context with Transportation Planning and Funding

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e736202011-038 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Deb Niemeier

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

Transportation Planning

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Transferring Urban Mobility Studies in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo to Other Large MENA Cities: Steps toward Sustainable Transport

Urban Development Issues ◽

10.2478/udi-2020-0003 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 65 (1) ◽

pp. 27-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Houshmand Masoumi ◽

Erik Fruth

Keyword(s):

Decision Makers ◽

Lead Author ◽

Urban Mobility ◽

Sustainable Transport ◽

Sustainable Mobility ◽

Large Share ◽

Mena Region ◽

Large Cities ◽

Mobility Studies ◽

Legal Constraints

AbstractThe number of urban mobility studies and projects in the three large metropoles of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo, is growing while other large cities do not enjoy a large share. It would be efficient for those other large cities to adapt the experiences, projects, and studies of Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo to their own contexts. This paper can help facilitate that adaptation. It investigates the transferability and generalisability of the findings of a recent publication by the lead author on mobility choices in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo to some other large cities of more than one million inhabitants in the MENA region. The discussion provided here can provide decision-makers in the MENA region with guidance on how to utilise the findings from a recent study on Tehran/Istanbul/Cairo in their own contexts. T-tests were conducted to test the comparability of the three base cities with a sample 57 others with populations of over one million people. The results show that it would be possible to adapt the urban mobility studies of the three base megacities to 3 to 27 cities based on different criteria. Key suggestions identified by this study include providing local accessibility, neighbourhood facilities, and cycling facilities as well as removing social and legal constraints to cycling, advertising cycling, informing people about the harm arising from the overuse of cars, and increasing street connectivity by adding intersections. According to the findings, these evidence-based recommendations can enhance sustainable mobility for the inhabitants of up to 27 large cities.

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