Green transport hierarchy
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The Green transport hierarchy (Canada), street user hierarchy (US), sustainable transport hierarchy (Wales)[1], urban transport hierarchy or road user hierarchy (Australia, UK)[2] is a hierarchy of modes of transport of road users. It is the basic concept of transport reform groups worldwide.[3][4] In 2020, the UK government consulted about adding to the Highway Code a road user hierarchy prioritising pedestrians.[5] It is a key characteristic of Australian transport planning.[6]
| Green transport hierarchy |
|---|
| Pedestrians |
| Bicycles |
| Public transit |
| Trucks and commercial vehicles |
| Taxis |
| High occupancy vehicles |
| Cars and single occupancy vehicles |
History
The Green Transportation Hierarchy: : A Guide for Personal & Public Decision-Making, by Chris Bradshaw, was first published September 1994 and revised June 2004. It was first prepared for Ottawalk and the Transportation Working Committee of the Ottawa-Carleton Round-table on the Environment in January 1992.
Factors
- Mode
- Energy source
- Trip length
- Trip speed
- Vehicle size
- Passenger load factor
- Trip segment
- Trip purpose
- Traveller
Adoption
The author directed the hierarchy at both individual lifestyle choices and public authorities who should officially direct their resources; funds, moral suasion, and formal sanctions – based on the factors.
Bradshaw described the hierarchy to be logical, but the effect of applying it will seem radical. [7]
The model rejects the concept of the balanced transportation system, where users are assumed to be free to choose between many options. This is because choices incorporating factors that are ranked low generally have a high impact on other choices.
See also
- Bill Boaks campaigned for pedestrian priority everywhere
- Complete streets
- Jaywalking
- Priority (right of way)
- Road hierarchy
- Road traffic safety
- Traffic § Rules of the road
- Settlement hierarchy
- Street hierarchy
- Traffic bottleneck
- Traffic code
- Traffic conflict
- Traffic flow
References
- ^ https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2020/11/18/car-dependency-must-end-transport-minister-lee-waters-tells-welsh-parliament/
- ^ https://infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure/pab/active_transport/files/active_travel_discussion.pdf
- ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/2010443270/
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/537680874
- ^ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2020/jul/28/what-do-the-highway-code-proposals-mean-for-pedestrians-and-cyclists
- ^ https://www.atap.gov.au/mode-specific-guidance/active-travel/2-key-characteristics-of-active-travel
- ^ see a separate paper by the author, ‘Using Our Feet to Reduce Our Footprint: The Importance of Scale in Life’ (1997) for the ‘NRFUT’ system of comparing the ‘footprint’ of different trips.