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Work Programme
Transplus will involve six main tasks: |
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| Description |
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FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS
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| Transplus will develop a framework for
the analysis of Land-Use and Transport Case Studies in Europe,
and identify a list of Case Studies which illustrate not only
best practice, but also the valuable experiences of real-life
planning initiatives. This will involve the analysis of trends
in land-use and transport planning, and an assessment of future
trends. |
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DEVELOPMENT
OF SOLUTIONS
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| Transplus will investigate the integration
of land use and transport planning. The aim is to identify good
practice using in depth analysis of the Case Studies. It will
focus directly on the planning process itself, from problem
identification through to the development of solutions by local
authorities. |
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IMPLEMENTATION
OF SOLUTIONS
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| Transplus will consider the implementation
of land-use and transport planning solutions. It will consider
the policy processes needed to achieve successful implementation.
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TRANSFERABILITY
OF SOLUTIONS
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| Transplus will review the factors which
make particular solutions successful or unsuccessful in particular
locations, identifying the key features of the sites in which
they have been implemented, in order that cities can select
measures which will be of most value to them. |
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INCLUSIVE
SOLUTIONS
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| The role of the Stakeholder is essential
through all planning processes. Transplus will look at the ways
in which Stakeholders can not only be informed, but can participate
effectively. |
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USEFUL TOOL
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| Transplus will draw upon this research
to develop guidelines for all urban stakeholder on effective
tools for reducing car dependency in European cities and regions
and promoting economic, social and environmental improvement
Transplus will draw upon this research to develop guidelines
for all urban stakeholder on effective tools for reducing car
dependency in European cities and regions and promoting economic,
social and environmental improvement. |
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| Sutra |
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To
develop a consistent and comprehensive approach and planning
methodology for the analysis of urban transportation problems,
that helps to design strategies for sustainable cities. |
| Prompt |
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To
promote non-motorised transport in cities with particular
focus on pedestrian traffic. The project seeks to identify,
discover and disseminate innovative new tools and solutions
for problem identification, problem solving and implementation
of measures in order to promote walking in cities. |
| Propolis |
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To research, develop and test integrated
land use and transport policies, tools and comprehensive
assessment methodologies in order to define sustainable
long term urban strategies and to demonstrate their effects
in European cities.
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| Prospects |
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To provide cities with guidance
to generate optimal land use and transport strategies
to meet the challenge of sustainability in their particular
circumstances.
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| Ishtar |
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To build an advanced software
suite for the analysis of the effects of short-term
actions and long term policies to improve the quality
of the environment, citizens' health, conservation of
monuments.
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| City
Freight |
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To identify innovations in freight
transport that could contribute to a more sustainable
development in European cities; to set up assessment
methods; to build sustainable freight transport options
for 7 cities, assess these options with the proposed
assessment tools; propose best practices and initiate
implementation in the 7 cities.
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| Scatter |
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To study the causes and consequences
of urban sprawl in order to design and to assess the
efficiency of measures aiming to prevent, mitigate or
control this trend that threatens most of the European
cities.
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| Ecocity |
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To develop settlement patterns
giving priority to the requirements of sustainable transport.
Necessary conditions are compactness and a balanced
mix of land uses at suitable sites. The aim is to design
model settlements in six participating countries and
to derive general guidelines for planning.
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| Artists |
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To improve decision-making regarding
the re-construction of arterial streets, taking into account
a broad set of social, economic and environmental factors.
This should enable European city authorities to re-design
arterial streets in such a way to improve the physical
environment of the corridors while contributing to the
implementation of more sustainable transport systems.
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