Toward an urban transport sustainability index: an European comparison

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Table 3 Sustainability in term of policies

Policy/City	Stockholm	København	Paris	Oslo	Amsterdam	Manchester	Helsinki	London	Lisboa	Berlin	Madrid	Brussels	Bologna	Rome
Urban planning & transport
Control of urban sprawl	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√		√
Integration of public transport planning	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Rules limiting the construction of parking place		√			√	√	√		√			√
Transport demand management
Parking regulation e restrictions	√	√	√		√	√	√	√	√		√	√	√	√
City centre access control	√	√			√			√	√		√		√	√
Pedestrian areas and low traffic zones		√			√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Urban toll	√	√	√	√	√	√		√	√		√		√	√
Development of public transport
Investment in public transport	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Extension of reserved routes and public transport priority schemes	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Improvement of service quality	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Attractive price scale	√	√	√	√		√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Organization and integration
Public transport organization	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Network integration (information, fares…)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
NTSI	1	0.98	0.98	0.92	0.89	0.89	0.87	0.86	0.86	0.84	0.79	0.77	0.72	0.65