Streets for People

Module 2 - Automobile Dependency and Development Resources 1) The cost of automobile dependency and the benefits of balanced transportation by Todd Litman, August 2002. 2) Driven to excess: Impacts of motor vehicles on the quality of life of residents of three streets in Bristol UK by Joshua Hart and Prof. Graham Parkhurst , 2011, World Transport Policy and Practice, 17 (2), pg. 12-30. 3) The health risk and benefits of cycling in urban environments compared with car use: health impact assessment study by David Rojas-Rueda, Audrey de Nazelle, Marko Tainio, and Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen , 2011, BMJ 4) Street as liveable space in the urban settlement by Nurhikmah Budi Hartanti 5) Happy feet : Residents of the pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods keep fit by Ankita Malik, April 2013, available on http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/happy-feet 6) Is cycling a crime? : As the world moves towards non-motorised vehicles, Kolkata harasses and penalises people riding bicycles by Sayantan Bera, July 2013, available on http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/cycling-crime 7) India on four wheels (BBC documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvYTHGbGAAs (episode 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBu4o6hTRg (episode 2) 8) Greening urban transportation (Peter Newman chapter from the state of the world 2007) 9) A chapter from car free cities book (J. Crawford) 10) Rising automobile dependency How to break the trend, Background document for the Environmentally sustainable transport forum, Delhi, India, December 2011 11) Fairness in a car-dependent society by Sustainable Development Commission (UK), 2011 12) Tiwari, Geetam (2007). Pro-poor Transport Policy towards Green Economy, Presentation and videos at http://sumnetindia.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/talk-by-prof-geetam-tiwari-propoor-urban-transport-policy-towards-green-economy/