Comparative analysis of passenger transport sustainability in European cities |
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| Institution: | 1. TRANSyT – Transport Research Centre,Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Calle Profesor Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Transport – Civil Engineering Department,Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Calle Profesor Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain;1. Department of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kitaku Kita9 Nishi9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan;2. Laboratory of Conservation Ecology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nishi 2-sen 11, Inadacho, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan;3. Department of Forest Vegetation, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba 305-8687, Japan;4. Department of Biosphere and Environment Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu 069-0836, Japan;1. School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, China;2. School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, China;3. Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China;1. Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), Room 815, 7th Floor Main Building, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016, India;2. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), Room 815, 7th Floor Main Building, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India;1. Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli 620015, India;2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Nagaland, Dimapur 797103, India |
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| Abstract: | Sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmental – has become a major concern on an international scale. The problem is global, but must be solved locally. Most of the world’s population lives in cities that act as centres of economic growth and productivity, but which – if they develop in the wrong direction – can cause social inequalities, or irreversibly harm the environment. Urban transport causes a number of negative impacts that can affect sustainability targets. The objective of this study is to propose an analysis of sustainability of urban passenger transport systems based on available indicators in most cities. This will serve to benchmark the practices of different cities and manage their transport systems. This work involves the creation of composite indicators (CI) to measure the sustainability of urban passenger transport systems. The methodology is applied to 23 European cities. The indicators are based on a benchmarking approach, and the evaluation of each aspect in each case therefore depends on the performance of the whole sample. The CI enabled us to identify which characteristics have the greatest influence on the sustainability of a city’s transport system, and to establish transport policies that could potentially improve its shortcomings. Finally, the cities are clustered according to the values obtained from the CIs, and thus according to the weaknesses and strengths of their transport systems. |
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| Keywords: | Urban transport Sustainable management Composite indicators |
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