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Table 1 Examples of sustainability indicators proposed for land use/transport action plan [25]
Type | Description |
|---|---|
Environmental sustainability | Per capita fuel consumption |
Per capita CO, CO2, NOx, and Pm10/Pm2.5 particulate emissions | |
Frequency of violations of emission standards | |
Proportion of population exposed to predetermined levels of traffic noise (55 dB, 75 dB) | |
… | |
Economic sustainability | Average travel time on OD relations of interest |
Number of workplaces and services located within X minutes of travel time from residential areas | |
Per capita expenditure on automobile use and parking | |
Per capita lateness due to congestion | |
Cost of road accidents | |
Service and infrastructure costs (efficiency) | |
…. | |
Social sustainability | Propensity/satisfaction expressed by users (with particular reference to disadvantaged categories, disabled) regarding transport services proposed as alternative/complementary to existing services (allowing measurement of extent to which choice set available to different groups of users has been widened/improved, enhancing their quality of life) |
User satisfaction, especially among disadvantaged categories and the disabled | |
Contribution made by transport activities in delivering quality of life objectives | |
Proportion of household budget spent on transport by low-income families | |
Reduction of road accidents | |
… |