Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life

Abstract

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Moving towards sustainability? Mobility styles, attitudes and individual travel behaviour

“…For daily travel this often results in a distinction between car use and use of alternative means of transport like public transport, bicycle use or walking (e.g. Steg and Gifford, 2005;Dickinson and Dickinson, 2006). For less frequent travel, the comparison is between air travel and other transport modes (e.g.…”

Towards a holistic framework for road safety in Australia

“…It shows how bottom-up community-based initiatives are relevant at local, intermediate, and city-wide scales. The case for involving the public in the development of sustainable transport plans has already been put, in particular the importance of listening to people's wishes and views at an early stage (Steg and Gifford, 2005). However, ''soft" transport policy measures that encourage voluntary behaviour change do not have mainstream status (Chapman, 2007).…”

“Lead has become carbon dioxide”: framing sustainable travel in an age of climate change

“…Until relatively recently, concerns related to environmentally sustainable travel have largely been focused around the need to tackle particular local environmental concerns such as air quality, traffic congestion and noise levels (Steg and Gifford 2008). To this end, the promotion of "sustainable travel" has been centred on the municipal scale and has often focused on infrastructural improvements in public transportation and congestion reduction, local air quality monitoring and traffic calming schemes to enhance overall quality of life (Steg and Gifford 2008).…”