Car-Free Development in landside airport areas: Towards Low Car(bon) policies for airport commuters

Approximately 200,000 individuals travel to & from Schiphol Airport daily through various means such as cars, taxis, buses, shuttles, trains, motorcycles, scooters, and bicycles. With this perspective, Schiphol Airport is the largest mobility hub in the whole Netherlands, making accessibility a critical aspect. The Schiphol Group is...

Urban Impact on Major Lithuanian Cities of Rail Baltica Line: Kaunas Case

In recent decades, the relevance of the railway as a more sustainable alternative for (inter)national commuting has increased significantly. Moreover, contemporary railway stations are becoming not only important mobility hubs where national and local transportation systems are interlinked but also new city centres offering a variety of...

Is transit-oriented development (TOD) an internationally transferable policy concept?

Many cities and regions have embraced the concept of transit-oriented development (TOD). This paper explores how transfer of TOD as a policy concept impacts its implementation in the Netherlands. The study determined international policy ideas and tools that have contributed to implementation and tested them with Dutch experts using workshops...

Transit-Oriented Development in China: How can it be planned in complex urban systems?

In recent years most of the Chinese cities have shown a rapid decline in modal split of public transport as a consequence of rapid urbanization and motorization in the “socialist market economy”. It has been witnessed that cars flood into streets; road congestion, air pollution and traffic safety have become major problems in urban China. To...

Implementing a supportive public space network in Shenzhen new CBD

Public space should be a node for social integration (Jacobs, J. 1961/1969; Carmona, M. 2003). The proposed project will search for a new model for organization of its public spaces exploring possible functional and physical integration, towards forming a cohesive public space network, that is to say, a network to be able to support the new mix...