Evaluating and implementing transport measures in a wider policy context: the ‘Civilising Cities’ initiative

Authors

Peter Jones
Karen Lucas
Martin Whittles

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

7-2003

Subject Area

place - europe

Keywords

civilising cities, quality of life, indicators, transport schemes

Abstract

In the UK, local authority transport departments are being encouraged to implement transport schemes that can contribute cost-effectively to achieving a wide range of corporate policy objectives. The ‘Civilising Cities’ initiative, funded by the UK's RAC Foundation and the Department for Transport, seeks to identify—through a set of Pilot Projects—how packages of transport measures (usually in partnership with initiatives from other agencies) can contribute to improving local quality of life. One key feature of the project has been the development of a comprehensive Indicator Framework for cross-sector evaluation, that has defined a set of indicators covering nine areas of quality of life: neighbourhood, environment, transport, health, education, local economy, crime, participation and lifestyle. The paper outlines the philosophy behind the project, the range of policy instruments being examined and describes the Indicator Framework and its application.

Rights

Permission to publish the abstract given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Jones, P., & Lucas, K., & Whittles, M. (2003). Evaluating and implementing transport measures in a wider policy context: the ‘Civilising Cities’ initiative. Transport Policy, Vol. 10, (3), Pp. 209-221.