Travel Plans for New Residential Developments: Insights from Theory and Practice (Springer Theses)

Thông tin sách: Travel Plans for New Residential Developments: Insights from Theory and Practice (Springer Theses) (Hardcover, 243 trang) – Springer, 2016. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

This thesis explores the use of travel plans for new residential developments as a tool for managing car use and encouraging the use of more sustainable forms of transport. It provides coverage of the scale of travel planning practice for new developments, industry perspectives on their development and implementation, and an assessment of their quality and effectiveness. It combines implementation theory and planning enforcement theory to identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of travel plans for new residential developments and to guide future travel planning practice. This thesis is useful and will appeal to both researchers and practitioners involved in transport planning for new residential developments. Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover This thesis explores the use of travel plans for new residential developments as a tool for managing car use and encouraging the use of more sustainable forms of transport. It provides coverage of the scale of travel planning practice for new developments, industry perspectives on their development and implementation, and an assessment of their quality and effectiveness. It combines implementation theory and planning enforcement theory to identify opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of travel plans for new residential developments and to guide future travel planning practice. This thesis is useful and will appeal to both researchers and practitioners involved in transport planning for new residential developments. About the Author Chris is a Research Fellow in the Public Transport Research Group at the Institute of Transport Studies in the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University. He is also the Deputy Director of the Sustainable and Effective Public Transport - Graduate Research Interdisciplinary Program (SEPT-GRIP). Prior to joining Monash, Chris worked as a transport planner for 12 years, both with the Victorian government and in consulting.