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This paper presents the implementation of a thorough physical environmental assessment of urban goods movement (UGM). It is aimed at local decision makers concerned with sustainable development issues in urban planning. After a description of the new stakes for urban planners, the paper specifies the data processing method and the sequence of the models used as well as the results in three French cities: Bordeaux (750,000 population), Dijon (240,000 population) and Marseilles (1,050,000 population).

Metro Vancouver has been noted for its ability to accommodate growth while maintaining good quality of life for residents. Still, the region faces challenges in pursuing the goals of the recently-approved Regional Growth Strategy, which helps ensure that regional land use patterns help create vibrant, accessible communities and support transit, walking, and cycling throughout the region.

Melbourne is considered one of the most livable cities in the world. It has garnered considerable recognition for its success over the last 25 years in transforming the centre of Melbourne from a car-oriented office core to a dynamic, mixed-use community with a vibrant public realm.

In this public lecture, which took place on October 4, 2011, at Simon Fraser University's Vancouver campus, Rob Adams, the director of city design for Melbourne, shared some of his experiences in leading this transformation. He also discussed how Melbourne's success could be applied to development in Metro Vancouver's key centers.

A conference report that explored the organizational structure of metropolitan governmental institutions (MPOs) from its past to the future.

Innovative approaches to integrated transportation delivery are essential to the sustainable future of global metropolitan areas. The world's most advanced automotive companies are designing traffic management models to complement the sale of automobiles. Public transportation authorities are reassessing their systems with an eye to sustainability and better system-management technologies. How can the fusion of real-time data management, smart phones and new technologies create better public transportation design, improve mobility and make city economies more efficient and offer sustainable growth?

Funded by FHWA to promote awareness of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educational and career opportunities among disadvantaged and at-risk middle and high school students around the country. Designed to introduce secondary school students to all modes of transportation careers and encourage them to pursue transportation-related courses of study at the college/university level.
typically two to four weeks in length; host sites conduct both residential and non-residential programs to ensure a productive learning experience, classroom size is at least 15 students; recruitment and registration is coordinated and managed by each local host site

In comparison to intercity freight transport or urban personal travel, very little is known about urban commercial vehicle movements. Urban commercial vehicle movements, which comprise about 10% of total trips made in the cities studied, exert a proportionally higher influence in terms of Paper 376 2 congestion, emissions and pavement wear due to the size and performance of the vehicles in the urban commercial fleet. However, the understanding gained from studies of intercity commercial movement does not apply in the urban context; intercity movements are almost entirely goods movements made by large commercial vehicles. In contrast, in an urban context, there are more movements for services than there are for goods, and more by light commercial vehicles (passenger cars, vans and pick-up trucks) than by heavier vehicles. This paper presents an aggregate analysis of urban commercial vehicle movements in the cities of Calgary and Edmonton, the two principal cities in the Province of Alberta in Canada. This analysis includes comparisons between the cities, as well as comparisons with the personal vehicle travel within the cities. Some of the major dimensions studied include the makeup of the commercial vehicle fleet, the time patterns of commercial traffic, travel purposes, origin-destination patterns, analysis of shipping establishment industry and type of commodity carried.

This white paper provides a review of the literature and a synthesis of findings regarding the relationship between land use and urban form and the vehicle miles of travel by persons. The paper begins with a conceptual outline of the transportation-land use relationship. It synthesizes a broad review of the literature and explores various aspects of the state of knowledge regarding the transportation-land use relationship. Various perspectives and motivations, analytical methods, variables for measurement, and urban scale focuses are discussed in the paper. An overview of research findings categorized by geographic scale ranging from site level, to neighborhood level, to urban area level is provided. Policy Implications are provided and a concluding section offers observations on how the available knowledge can be used in decision-making.

This book suggests strategies and policies that address inequalities in the U.S transportation and transportation planning systems.