From the 1940s to the 1960s, U.S. cities lost population and economic investment to suburban locations. To compete, many cities built urban highways, hoping to offer motorists the same amenities they enjoyed in the suburbs. Whatever their benefits, these highways often had adverse impacts on urban communities. Many cities in Latin America, following the Unites States’…
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2 0 1 0 年广州市修建了1 0 0 0 多公里的绿 道，成为了广州市民休闲娱乐的新去处和 交通出行的新路径。对于广州市，这个项 目的意义却远远不止改善了居民生活的 品质，绿道还倡导了“绿色出行，低碳生 活”的新理念，给广州的市民及游客提供 了舒适便捷的出行方式，开创了城市交通 的新时代，走出了可持续交通的新篇章。I TDP二十年来一直致力于绿道及慢行系 统的研究，拥有世界顶级的专家团队。在 过去的一年里，I TDP致力于广东省绿道 的研究，基于I TDP团队的经验和在广东 省内广州市、东莞市、惠州市、阳江市的 工作，提出了适合广东省绿道的规划与设 计原则，希望省、市级领导能从中获取一 些灵感，并在未来绿道建设过程中有所帮 助。将广州的绿道建设成为广东省乃至全 国的可持续交通示范性工程。
Better Streets, Better Cities: a Guide to Street Design in Urban India illustrates ways that good design can help create safer streets and more livable public spaces. The guide was prepared by ITDP in collaboration with the Ahmedabad-based Environmental Planning Collaborative. Current street design practice in India is often based on a vision of high-speed…
Moving is a time to reevaluate the stuff you own. Boxes of family photos? Coming. That ratty old couch? Not coming. But what if you could leave something even bigger behind? Like your car? New developments are often associated with sprawl and more driving. But eight communities across Europe demonstrate there is a different model….
Livable today, sustainable for the future. The principles outlined here will help cities significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while improving the quality of life. Citizens of the world do not want to sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic. They do not want to walk in mud, not feel threatened on a simple bike ride to work. They want to…
前言 在2010 年广州市修建了1000 多公里的绿道，成为了广州市民 休闲娱乐的新去处。对于广州市，这个项目的意义却远远不止改善居民生活的品质，之外绿道还倡导了“绿色出行，低碳生活”的新理念。 虽然广州绿道取得卓越成绩，但是还存在一些不完善之处，怎样使绿道更具吸引力，提高绿道的使用效率，更人性化。如何与人民日常生活通勤结合，如何使绿道被更多的人喜爱和使用，是我们面临的现实问题和挑战。 通过绿道与慢行交通及城市市政路网有效结合，可为城市营造出更安全，更具活力，更幸福宜居的环境，以提高城市竞争力及宜居性。 通过对广州已建绿道的调研，并以珠江新城为案例，借鉴国际上绿道实施的成功经验，提出珠江新城绿道的改善方案，这些 措施简单，易实施，花费不大，不会对社会交通造成负面影响，可快速实施。
Guangzhou, China opened its new 22.5-kilometer Bus Rapid Transit corridor in 2010. This is the first part of a report which is part of a longer-term monitoring and evaluation program for the Guangzhou BRT. This portion focuses primarily on the system’s impacts on CO2 and air pollution.
The transportation system in the United States has often been dominated by a particular mode. A century ago it was rail; in the last several decades it has been the automobile. Over time we have come to learn that while various modes have a tremendous impact on the shape of our communities, the movement of goods,…