WIKIPEDIA CHECKLIST OF KEY TERMS, CONCEPTS AND REFERENCES FOR THE CLIMATE/NEW MOBILITY TRANSITION

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Intended as a research aid, checklist and reminder for professionals, students, researchers and others digging into the Five Percent Solutions and related technical and policy challenges. A certain level of familiarity with these concepts is essential. Anyone prepared to work in the field will (should) already have familiarity with 9 out of 10 of the concepts identified here. It concerns the stuff of sustainable transport, sustainable mobility and sustainable cities. (The listing is of course not complete, but it does offer a good start)

 1. ‎Active mobility – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_mobility

2. Alternatives to car use -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternatives_to_car_use

3. Automobile dependency -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_dependency

4. Barrier-Free Design – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design

5. Bicycle sharing systems – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system

6. BRT – Bus Rapid Transit – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit

7. Car Free Days – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Free_Days

8. Car Free Towns, Cities and Regions -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian_zone…

9. ‎Car-free Cities – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car-free_Cities

10. ‎Car-free Free Zones – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car-free_zone

11. ‎Car-free movement – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car-free_movement

12. ‎Carsharing – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsharing

13. Climate change – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

14. Complete Streets – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_streets

15. ‎Congestion pricing – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion_pricing

16. Cost/Benefit analysis -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis

17. ‎Ecocities – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocities

18. Externalities of automobiles -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Externalities_of_automobiles

19. ‎Hierarchy of roads – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_roads

20. Home zone – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_zone

21. ‎HOV- High-occupancy vehicle – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-occupancy_vehicle_lane

22. Hypermobility – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobility_(travel)

23. Induced demand -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost%E2%80%93benefit_analysis

24. ‎Intelligent transportation system -http://en.wikipedia.org/w…/Intelligent_transportation_system

25. ‎Land use planning – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use_planning

26. Last Mile (kilometer) -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile_(transportation)

27. ‎Livable Streets – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livable_Streets

28. ‎Living street – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_street

29. ‎London congestion charge -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_congestion_charge

30. LOV -_ Low occupancy vehicle

31. ‎Mixed-use development – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-use_development

32. New Urbanism – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_urbanism

33. ‎No-Car Zone – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-Car_Zone

34. ‎Paratransit – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratransit

35. Park and ride – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_and_ride

36. ‎Parking – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking

37. ‎Pedestrian – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian

38. ‎Pedestrian zone – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_planning

39. ‎Pedestrian-friendly – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedestrian-friendly

40. Public space – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_space

41. ‎Reclaim the Streets – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaim_the_Streets

42. ‎Road pricing – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_pricing

43. Road rage – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_rage

44. ‎Road-traffic safety – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road-traffic_safety

45. ‎Roundabouts – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout

46. Rush hour – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_hour

47. Shared Space – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_space

48. ‎Shared transport – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_transport

49. Singapore Area Licensing Scheme – https://goo.gl/sP7dgG

50. Slow Design – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_design

51. Slow Movement – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_movement_(culture)

52. ‎Smart Growth – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Growth

53. Social space – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_space

54. Speed – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed

55. ‎Stockholm congestion tax -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_congestion_tax

56. ‎Street – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/street

57. ‎Street hierarchy – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_hierarchy

58. ‎Sustainable city – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_city

59. ‎Sustainable community -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_community

60. ‎Sustainable development -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development

61. ‎Sustainable transport -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_transportation

62. ‎Telecommuting – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommuting

63. ‎Traffic calming – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_calming

64. ‎Traffic congestion – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion

65. ‎Traffic flow – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_flow

66. ‎Traffic psychology – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_psychology

67. ‎Transit-oriented development – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-oriented_development

68. Transportation Demand Management -http://en.wikipedia.org/wi…/Transportation_Demand_Management

69. ‎Transportation Planning -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_planning

70. Universal Design – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design

71. ‎Urban sprawl – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_sprawlehicle

72. VMT – Vehicle Miles Travelled (Also VKT Vehicle Kilometers Travelled

73. ‎Vision Zero – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Zero

74. Walkability – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkability

75. White Bicycles –

76. Wicked problem solving – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_problem

77. Witkar – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witkar

78. Woonerf – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woonerf

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About the editor:
   

Eric Britton
13, rue Pasteur. Courbevoie 92400 France

Bio: Founding editor of World Streets (1988), Eric Britton is an American political scientist, teacher, occasional consultant, and sustainability activist who has observed, learned, taught and worked on missions and advisory assignments on all continents. In the autumn of 2019, he committed his remaining life work to the challenges of aggressively countering climate change and specifically greenhouse gas emissions emanating from the mobility sector. He is not worried about running out of work. Further background and updates: @ericbritton | http://bit.ly/2Ti8LsX | #fekbritton | https://twitter.com/ericbritton | and | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbritton/ Contact: climate@newmobility.org) | +336 508 80787 (Also WhatApp) | Skype: newmobility.)

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