The idea is to showcase the joining up of transport, shared office space, accommodation and skills networks in one place.
It's a vision of cities in which residents no longer rely on their cars but on public transport, shared cars and bikes and, above all, on real-time data on their smartphones.
Most of the emissions reductions will come from the intense use of shared infrastructure, including public transport, shared heating and cooling in apartment blocks, and public parks and libraries.
One of the report's most ambitious recommendations is its suggestion for a pilot "sharing city" in the UK "where transport, shared office space, accommodation and skills networks are joined together and residents are encouraged to share as part of their daily lives".
The report recommended the setting up of a pilot 'sharing city' where "transport, shared office space, accommodation and skills networks are joined together and residents are encouraged to share as part of their daily lives".
The East Coast Greenway is a perfect example of a transportation corridor that is vital to achieving a 36% active transport share.
Transport shares were in focus following an upbeat note on bus and rail companies from JP Morgan Cazenove.
Routing influences the modal split considerably, and the truck transport share increases from 86%to97%7%, accordingly.
The rise in crude was also bad news for transport shares, with British Airways owner International Airlines Group down 15p at 529.5p and cruise company Carnival slipping 76p to £29.21.
Other winners included sea transport shares as investors bet that robust demand in China and other Asian countries would increase shipping revenue.
These transport and land use policies look to bring residences closer to public transport and to key activity centres, in an attempt to improve public transport share and to respond to concerns about traffic congestion [5].
