Abstract
Most of the oil consumed in the world is for transport. But transport can phase out oil rapidly, just as power systems are phasing out fossil fuels, as shown in chapter 1. As with power systems, this change will be driven by the world’s cities through advances in technology and strategic changes in the way cities are designed, planned, and operated. A new system of sustainable mobility is already emerging rapidly, as we show in this chapter.
Sustainable mobility provides an alternative paradigm within which to investigate the complexity of cities, and to strengthen the links between land use and transport.
—David Banister, in “The Sustainable Mobility Paradigm”
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Newman, P., Beatley, T., Boyer, H. (2017). Create Sustainable Mobility Systems. In: Resilient Cities. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-686-8_3
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