TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
OECD International Conference, Vancouver Canada

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Session 2c - Urban and Suburban Transportation

Abstract of address by Jean-Pierre Orfeuil

Personal Mobility in High-Density Cities in the Context of Sustainable Development

The issue of sustainable development and the required changes in public transit systems play out very differently in sprawling conurbations and in large European cities, which continue to be characterized by high-density, centre-driven development. However, even in the latter, car use is increasing, shaping the forms and spatial patterns of land use and creating problems concerning the principle of sustainable development.

The key characteristics of these changes, particularly in terms of global mobility, the use of modes and territories concerned will be described; an attempt will be made to provide an understanding of the institutional, economic, regulatory and cultural mechanisms; and the consequences in terms of the sustainability of the mode of development at both the urban and more global scale will be evaluated.

On the basis of the diagnosis presented, it is possible to identify the key policy directions and, more importantly, given that the system is very interactive, to determine the main associations to be developed.

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