Claudine Moutou

Urban Freight Distribution

This Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of all of the major factors that underpin our understanding of urban and transport planning in the developed world. Combining urban and transport planning in one volume, the chapters present the state of the art as well as new research and directions for the future. It is an essential reference to all the key issues in this area as well as signalling areas of concern and future research paths. Academics, researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners will find it a constant source of information and guidance.

Determining strategies to increase response rates in transport surveys of small shop-based businesses

Increasing representation of small business perspectives in policy research would benefit from identifying strategies to increase response rates. Despite the significance of the issue, there is inconsistent reporting amongst small business research about issues such as sampling, recruitment and survey design. Reporting on such issues may help address the under-representation of small business respondents and help reduce wasting research resources on less effective strategies. For policy matters that have the potential to disrupt how small business owners run their business, this is of particular importance. This paper reports on a survey of small businesses about changes to the transport accessibility features of a town centre that have the potential to affect the supply of car parking. Based on a review of the available literature, strategies were adopted to reduce respondent burden and maximise engagement. The paper presents an analysis of recruitment approaches in the first wave of the survey and demonstrates how the refinements to the recruitment approach were successful in achieving an increase in response rate from 40% to 47%.

Car Parking Matters Adapting to Changing Customer Mobility in Neighborhood Town Centers of an Inner City Area of Sydney

The economic vitality of all town centers is highly dependent upon an ability to attract customers. With the popularization of the car in Australia, the travel decisions of shoppers impacted local centers in two significant ways—more demand for car parking space and reduced dependence on local shopping destinations. A review of historical newspaper coverage about three local centers in an inner city area of Sydney provides insight into how a neighborhood adapts to such change. Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, and Newtown all wanted to change the town center urban form to remain attractive and competitive to customers but they each faced different barriers and pressures. Change was slow. Trade-offs were required. Mistakes were made, expectations changed, and new problems emerged. The neighborhood, in short, adapted.

Introduction to transport and urban planning in the developed world

Cities are fascinating in many aspects. They grow in an oddly structured or organic fashion over time and are sometimes compared to living organisms in which different parts of a city perform different functions. Cities are of great economic importance as they provide employment and residence to large communities. The past decades have seen very strong urbanization in which many people have moved from rural areas to urban areas. According to the United Nations, more than half of the world’s population currently lives in urban areas and this is expected to grow. All cities adjust their form and organization in response to changes in population, politics and fortunes. This is not expected to change. What is different it that as population increases so do demands for energy, transport, liveability and efficient infrastructure. These new stressors on cities require effective transport and urban strategies to keep cities functioning well. The interconnectivity of people, trade and traffic across cities means that underperformance and inefficiencies in the transport system can result in delays, congestion, and deepen social and economic divides – transforming cities quickly into a state of malfunction. With good transport and urban planning, cities can be made (and kept) efficient and pleasant to live and work in. This book provides an overview of relevant theories and concepts regarding transport and urban planning in the developed world. The book describes the stateoftheart and best planning practices in cities around the world. While transport and urban planning also exists in developing countries, they are not as prominent and many of the developing country cities have evolved by reacting to different stimuli. Hence, this book focuses specifically on planning theories and practices in the developed world. Transport and urban planning are closely related. Together they determine the form and efficiency of a city. Urban planning is concerned with land use in cities and urban environment and the allocation of functions to each area, for example, highor lowdensity residential, industrial, commercial, or leisure. Transport planning involves the design and evaluation of infrastructures and transport services, for example, road networks and public transport, which allows people in the city to move between areas and perform activities. Increased urban development requires additional infrastructure, while more infrastructure makes an area more attractive and may lead to more urban developments. This dynamic and continuous interaction, in which the concept of accessibility plays an important role, makes cities grow and evolve in interesting ways. This book consists of six parts, namely (I) Overview and historical perspective, (II) Issues in the developed world, (III) Policy making and strategy, (Iv) Appraisal and financing, (v) Planning and design, and (vI) Management. The following sections describe each part in more detail.