There is an increasing trend of sprawls in Indian cities to accommodate the rapidly growing population. Sprawls lead to longer trip lengths, an increase in the use of private vehicles and consequently higher emissions. Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation is supporting cities to develop integrated land use and transport plans and to design and implement Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policies, with the overall goal of maintaining high population densities, avoiding longer trips and enabling a shift towards sustainable modes of transport.
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Promoting Integrated Land Use-Transport Planning
Sector: Sustainable Transport Undertaken By : Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) Recent Publication: 2015Land use policies and development control regulations adopted by a city have a significant impact on its mobility patterns. Development plans that limit population densities within city boundaries by imposing limits on built up areas, cause city to sprawl to accommodate the land requirements of a rapidly growing city population.