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Integrating Sustainability into Transport
This report is prepared by Prof. John Whitelegg of the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York, UK

Introduction:
There are two ways of embarking on a discussion of sustainability in transport. One is primarily concerned with defining sustainability (usually through a discussion of climate change) and then detailing the seriously unsustainable trends we are currently experiencing and finishing with a flourish about how we could change trajectory and solve the problem through some serious policy changes. This route is well rehearsed in the transport policy literature and has had no impact whatsoever on changing trends. The other approach is to exploit the very large scenario literature, backcasting methodology and
"visioning" tools that exist and paint a picture of what things could be like and how we would get there. In this paper I will explore this second approach and define sustainability and its links with transport through a vision of a future that is not very far away. This future will be presented as a picture of transport in the UK in 2030.

URL: http://www.eco-logica.co.uk/pdf/Integrating_Sustainability_Transport.pdf

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