OPIUM - Operational Project for Integrated Urban Management
Overview
Background & policy context:
Many cities are increasingly trying to 'manage' transport to support a range of policy objectives, such as reducing environmental damage and congestion and encouraging modal shift. Physical measures include restriction of road space for private cars, traffic calming, parking controls, priority for public transport, cyclists, and pedestrianisation. Such measures have been applied, often individually, in many cities - but their relative merits and the best ways of using them are not well understood.
Objectives:
OPIUM aimed to evaluate a range of physical measures for traffic management through their practical implementation in a number of cities (Gent, Heidelberg, Liverpool, Nantes, Patra and Utrecht), and make recommendations for the future development of urban transport policies.
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