Creating Liveable Neighbourhoods Through ContextSensitive Multimodal Road Planning

摘要

Improving mobility is n as key to facilitating the economic upliftment of theurban poor. In South Africa the majority of the urban poor live on theperiphery of cities. They travel long distances at great cost to go to workand school, and are dependent on public transport and walking or cycling(NMT) for their travel needs. Despite legislation and policies that emphasisethe role of public transport and NMT, road planning practice in South Africacontinues to be automobile-centric. The needs of other road users are oftenoverlooked, even in areas where they are in the majority. This paper describesthe use of spatial multicritieria evaluation to rank modes according to theirsuitability at points along a defined route by using land use, socio-economic,environmental and transportation factors, which in combination is used todescribe the contextual setting of the route. A case study conducted along anexisting arterial route in Cape Town is used to demonstrate the method andthe results of the analysis. The research finds that contextual regimes can beidentified along the route, and shows that each of these regimes have difieringimplications for the various modes that pass through these corridors. Themethod can be used in combination with established tools in planning anddesign guidelines to inform decisions around infrastructure provision, projectprioritization and road classification.