Green transport hierarchy

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Short description: Prioritising vulnerable sustainable road users
Green transport hierarchy
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20px Bicycles
20px Public transit
20px Trucks and commercial vehicles
20px Taxis
20px High occupancy vehicles
20px Cars and single occupancy vehicles

The green transport hierarchy (Canada), also called mobility pyramid, reverse traffic pyramid, street user hierarchy (US), sustainable transport hierarchy (Wales),[1] urban transport hierarchy or road user hierarchy (Australia, UK)[2] is a hierarchy of modes of passenger transport prioritising green transport.[3] It is a concept used in transport reform groups worldwide[4][5] and in policy design.[6] The UK Highway Code has a road user hierarchy prioritising pedestrians.[7] It is a key characteristic of Australian transport planning.[8]

History

The Green Transportation Hierarchy: A Guide for Personal & Public Decision-Making by Chris Bradshaw was first published September 1994[9] and revised June 2004. As part of a pedestrian advocacy group in the United States, he proposed the hierarchy ranking passenger transport based on environmental emissions. The reviewed ranking listed, in order: walking, cycling, public transport, car sharing, and finally private car.[3]

It was first prepared for Ottawalk and the Transportation Working Committee of the Ottawa-Carleton Round-table on the Environment in January 1992, only stating 'Walk, Cycle, Bus, Truck, Car'.[10]

Factors

Infographic claiming that the mobility pyramid is important for the mobility transition
  1. Mode
  2. Energy source
  3. Trip length
  4. Trip speed
  5. Vehicle size
  6. Passenger load factor
  7. Trip segment
  8. Trip purpose
  9. Traveller

Adoption

Chris Bradshaw directed the hierarchy at both individual lifestyle choices and public authorities who should officially direct their resources – funds, moral suasion, and formal sanctions – based on the factors.

Bradshaw described the hierarchy to be logical, but the effect of applying it to seem radical.[11]


See also

References

  1. ↑ Reid, Carlton. "Car Dependency Must End, Transport Minister Lee Waters Tells Welsh Parliament" (in en). Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/11/18/car-dependency-must-end-transport-minister-lee-waters-tells-welsh-parliament/. 
  2. ↑ Walking, Riding and Access to Public Transport: Draft report for discussion. Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. October 2012. ISBN 978-1-921769-90-0. https://infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/pab/active_transport/files/active_travel_discussion.pdf. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Practices and policies of green urban transport in China". Journeys (Berghahn Books) 1 (4): 26–35. 2010. https://www.academia.edu/download/30908369/JOURNEYS_May2010_(full).pdf#page=26. 
  4. ↑ "Pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility in Europe /". https://www.loc.gov/item/2010443270/. 
  5. ↑ Fischer, Edward L; International Scanning Study Team (U.S.), FHWA International Technology Scanning Program; United States; Federal Highway Administration; Office of International Programs; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; American Trade Initiatives, Inc (2010) (in English). Pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility in Europe. Washington, DC: Office of International Programs, U.S. Federal Highway Administration. OCLC 537680874. http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo3988. Retrieved 2021-11-06. 
  6. ↑ Zhenqi, Chen; Weichi, Lu (2016-11-09), "Toward a Green Transport System: A Review of Non-technical Methodologies for Developing Cities", Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Cham: Springer International Publishing): pp. 509–520, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-38789-5_59, ISBN 978-3-319-38787-1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38789-5_59, retrieved 2023-12-05 
  7. ↑ "The Highway Code - Introduction - Guidance - GOV.UK" (in en). https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/introduction. 
  8. ↑ "2. Key characteristics of active travel" (in en). https://www.atap.gov.au/mode-specific-guidance/active-travel/2-key-characteristics-of-active-travel. 
  9. ↑ Yang, Jiawen; Alterman, Rachelle; Li, Bin (2020). "References". Value Capture Beyond Public Land Leasing (Lincoln Institute of Land Policy): 45–49. https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep25487.10. Retrieved 2021-05-12. 
  10. ↑ "The Valuing of Trips - Transportation - Sierra Club". https://vault.sierraclub.org/sprawl/articles/trips.asp. 
  11. ↑ see a separate paper by the author, ‘Using Our Feet to Reduce Our Footprint: The Importance of Scale in Life’ (1997) for the ‘NRFUT’ system of comparing the ‘footprint’ of different trips.



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