Projections 9: Sustainable Transportation
Projections, the Journal of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning, focuses on the most innovative and cutting edge research in planning. Each volume is devoted to a different topic of interest to planning scholars, students, and professionals. As a peer-reviewed publication, Projections welcomes original high quality submissions at the vanguard of planning theory and practice.
While the urgency of planning for sustainability has increased over the years, concrete solutions accepted internationally have been slow to emerge. Each country is constrained by its individual setting and hence faces unique hurdles in moving towards sustainability. Despite these hurdles and other international challenges, moves towards sustainable development are evident, as this Projections volume highlights. Across the globe researchers are seeking to develop, and cities are trying to implement, sustainable policies. Planning for sustainable transportation systems is a complex task that involves multiple options and uncertainties. Government seeks an optimal package of policies that is willingly accepted by all affected groups. An ideal implementation strategy would allow for easy transition from the way people formerly travelled to the new system. Finally, the actual impact of the policy package and travelers’ responses need ongoing monitoring to insure that the policies’ implementation is meeting desired goals.
This volume of Projections presents five articles focusing on metropolitan regions making efforts to implement sustainable policies in India, the U.K., the U.S.A., and Australia.