Urban Form and Travel Behavior as Tools to Assess Sustainable Transportation in the Greater Toronto Area
Urban Form and Travel Behavior as Tools to Assess Sustainable Transportation in the Greater Toronto Area
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10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000227
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2015-09
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A. Abulibdeh;Esmat Zaidan;A. Abuelgasim
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作者：
A. Abulibdeh;Esmat Zaidan;A. Abuelgasim
本研究旨在探讨1986 - 2006年间大多伦多地区（GTA）城市形态和出行行为的时空变化，以及相关政策和应对措施，以检验大多伦多地区是否正在走向或远离可持续交通。GTA中的交通服务和基础设施由不同的管理机构在不同的规模和级别上进行管理。各国政府对可持续交通倡议的支持各不相同，而且随着时间的推移而有所不同。在这一点上，重要的是审查过去几十年来不同理事机构为实现大多伦多地区的可持续交通而采取的主要举措。通过分析过去二十年的未来交通调查数据，可以确定这些举措是否成功地使大多伦多地区的交通更加可持续，或者是否应该采取更多措施来实现交通可持续性。这项研究的主要发现是，总的来说，大多伦多地区并没有朝着可持续交通的方向发展，并相信需求管理干预措施作为一项交通政策，使交通系统在这一领域更具可持续性。
The objective of this study is to examine whether the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is moving toward or away from sustainable transportation through exploring the spatial and temporal changes of urban form and travel behavior, related policies and responses to these changes during the period between 1986 and 2006. Transportation services and infrastructure in the GTA are regulated by different governing bodies and at different scales and levels. Support for sustainable transportation initiatives has varied across governments and over time. It is important at this point to review the main initiatives taken by different governing bodies over the last several decades to achieve sustainable transportation in the GTA. By analyzing the Transportation Tomorrow Survey data through the last two decades, it can be determined whether these initiatives have been successful in making transportation in the GTA more sustainable or, alternatively, whether more measures should be taken to achieve transportation sustainability. The major finding of this study is that, overall, the GTA is not moving in the direction of sustainable transportation, and gives credence to the idea that demand-management interventions are needed as a transport policy to make transportation systems more sustainable in this area.