In search of sustainable urban transport strategies

This report is a transcript of a lecture given by Professor Tony May on sustainable urban transport strategies in urban areas. The lecture looks firstly at what sustainability is and means, and how it links back to the underlying objectives of transport policy. It goes on to examine the range of available transport policy instruments, and describes in particular the development at the University of Leeds of the 'KonSULT' web-based knowledgebase on urban transport and land use instruments. Work aimed at identifying how best to integrate policy instruments in an urban area to get more benefits from the sum of the parts is then described. Finally, the barriers to implementation are discussed, noting that it is financial and, particularly, institutional barriers that are the most serious. The lecture was followed by a lively debate among the audience on the issues raised by Professor May.