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Encouraging public transport use through land use planning
SummaryFirst principles assesmentEvidence on performancePolicy contributionComplementary instrumentsReferences

Complementary instruments

These are shown in the table below. The key complementary instrument is 'planning land use to reduce the need for private motorised travel': in practice, land use schemes are often designed to do the two things at once: reduce travel and encourage modal shift from car to public transport.

Complementary policy instruments

Type of instrument Instruments to overcome financial barriers Instruments to overcome political barriers Instru-ments to overcome legal barriers Instru-ments to overcome public an stakeholder acceptability Instruments to compensate losers Instruments to reinforce benefits

Land use

Developer contribution to the financing of infrastructure

not applicable

not applicable not applicable

not applicable

Land use planning to reduce the amount of personal motorised travel

Attitudinal & behavioural

not applicable

not applicable

not applicable

Car sharing

Carpooling

Car sharing

Carpooling

Bike sharing

Flexible working hours

Infrastructure

not applicable

not applicable

not applicable

Barrier free mobility

Bus rapid transit

New rail stations

New and upgraded rail lines

New rail services on existing lines

Pedestrian areas

Pedestrian routes

Cycling routes

not applicable

Barrier free mobility

Bus rapid transit

New rail stations

New and upgraded rail lines

New rail services on existing lines

Pedestrian areas

Pedestrian routes

Cycling routes

Management of the infrastructure

not applicable

not applicable

not applicable

Bus priorities

Cycle parking provision

HOV lanes

Cycle parking provision

Cycle lanes and priorities

Bus priorities

Cycle parking provision

Cycle lanes and priorities

Information provision

not applicable not applicable not applicable

Real time passenger information

Timetable provision

Trip planning systems

Parking guidance and information systems

Real time passenger information

Real time passenger information

Timetable provision

Trip planning systems

Pricing

not applicable

not applicable

not applicable Integrated ticketing

Pricing to encourage low emission vehicles

Reduced bus fares

Vehicle ownership taxes

Private parking charges

Pricing to encourage low emission vehicles

Integrated ticketing


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Text edited at the Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT