Description: Urban Design Manual for Non-Motorized Transport-Friendly Neighborhoods

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Urban Design Manual for Non-Motorized Transport-Friendly Neighborhoods

China is already the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and transport is the fastest-growing source of these emissions. The international energy agency estimates that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from China's light-duty transp...

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Main Author:	Fang, Ke
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY AIR AIR POLLUTION APARTMENTS BICYCLE FACILITIES BICYCLE LANES BICYCLE PATHS BICYCLE TRAVEL BICYCLES BICYCLISTS BIKE BOXES BIKE LANES BIKE PARKING BIKES BRIDGE BUS BUS COMPANIES BUS LINES BUS ROUTES BUS SERVICE BUS STATIONS BUS STOP BUS STOPS BUS SYSTEM BUSES CAR CAR DRIVERS CAR MODE SHARE CAR OWNERSHIP CAR OWNERSHIP GROWTH CAR PARKING CAR SHARE CAR TRAFFIC CAR TRIPS CAR USE CARBON SAVINGS CARS CITIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION CROSSING CROSSINGS CROSSWALKS CURB RADII CURBS CYCLING CYCLISTS DESCRIPTION DRIVING ELEVATED ROAD EMISSIONS FLOOR AREA FLOOR AREA RATIO FLOOR SPACE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GREEN SPACE GREENHOUSE GASES HIGH CAR USE HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC TRANSPORT HIGHWAYS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INTERSECTION INTERSECTIONS JUNCTIONS LAND USE LAND USE MIX LANDSCAPING LONG DISTANCES MASS TRANSIT MASS TRANSIT STATIONS MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM MIXED TRAFFIC MIXED USE MOBILITY MODAL SPLIT MODE SHIFT MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR VEHICLE MOTOR VEHICLE LANES MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS NMT OCCUPANCY PARKING FACILITIES PARKING PLACES PASSENGERS PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN BARRIERS PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE PEDESTRIAN PATHS PEDESTRIANS PUBLIC TRANSPORT ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES RAPID TRANSIT RESIDENTIAL AREAS RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROADS ROUTE ROUTES SAFE WALKING SAFETY SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS SHARING SHOPS SIDEWALKS SPEED SPEED BUMPS SPEED LIMIT SPEED LIMITS SPEEDS STREET CROSSINGS STREET DESIGN STREET FURNITURE STREET NETWORK STREET PARKING STREET TRAFFIC STREETS TRAFFIC CALMING TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES TRAFFIC DATA TRAFFIC FLOW TRAFFIC POLICE TRAFFIC VOLUME TRAFFIC VOLUMES TRANSIT ACCESS TRANSIT CORRIDOR TRANSIT STATION TRANSIT STATIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DISTANCE TRIPS UNDERGROUND URBAN CONGESTION URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN PLANNING URBAN TRANSPORT URBANISM VEHICLE LANES WALKING WALKING DISTANCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18428068/urban-design-manual-non-motorized-transport-friendly-neighborhoods http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16699

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Summary:	China is already the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and transport is the fastest-growing source of these emissions. The international energy agency estimates that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from China's light-duty transport fleet will rise from 65 mega tones (MT) in 2005 to nearly 300 MT in 2020, an increase of 290 percent. In addition to contributing to global climate change, the rapid adoption of motor vehicles in China is also causing growing urban congestion and air pollution. Indeed, national level policy makers have begun to shift directions towards promoting public transport and providing safe environments for walking and cycling as way to improve urban accessibility and address local, national, and global environmental concerns. Yet, despite this shift at the national level, many municipalities lack the tools, knowledge, and resources to effectively address these issues. This publication aims to bridge that knowledge gap by providing a guide on how to improve non-motorized transport (NMT), which is walking and cycling, at the neighborhood scale. The neighborhood is the basic unit of urban development, and as such, in aggregate, neighborhoods' spatial arrangements and physical forms have a high impact on citywide transport practices. The publication centers on explaining a series of basic urban design concepts and features that make NMT-friendly neighborhoods, and therefore can help improve accessibility, and reduce CO2 emissions and pollution. In a first section, seven basic concepts that make up a NMT-friendly neighborhood are described in a concise manner, and images of how they have been implemented all around the world are provided as examples. In second section, a case study of applying those concepts on a real neighborhood development project is presented, to showcase the contrast of traditional neighborhood development practices in China and NMT-friendly, low carbon neighborhood development.