ABSTRACT
The aim of this presentation is to overcome the idea that traffic flow management and regulation can pursue urban quality, sustainability and security. An organic framework of strategies and operational tools is needed, which means adopting medium-term Integrated Transport Plans (10+ years) including Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans.
Sustainability goals require urban mobility focused on high quality public transport integrated with bicycle routes and pedestrian paths. Motorized private mobility should provide local accessibility (in low density areas) and short-haul routes. Such a redesigned transport system would have considerable savings particularly for families, given the cost of auto ownership.
Innovations in passenger cars (fuels, driverless, etc.) do not change the rules of mobility; they are “product innovation”, not a positive evolution of the system. Technological innovation in collective transport today make it possible to redesign cities for people not cars. This is the true challenge of this century for the whole world!
