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Developing an equitable and sustainable mobility strategy for Havana
Highlights Analysis of transport issues in Havana, Cuba. Review of national policy guidelines for sustainable development. Evaluated tensions between demand for private cars and public modes. Suggests 21 actions to meet desired urban transport vision.
Abstract The particular political, economic and social conditions of the state of Cuba, in the Caribbean, have created unique possibilities for the development of a sustainable transport system in its capital city, Havana. This paper reports on the outcomes of a project to identify the possibilities and priorities for a long-term strategy for equitable and sustainable mobility for Havana. This involved almost 100 participants from Cuba and the UK in the 12months from June 2013. Overall, the study found a high degree of agreement amongst the transport policy community as to the three key transport issues facing Havana: high level of unmet demand, lack of available financing, poor state of the transport system.Perhaps more surprisingly, it also produced a near consensus amongst the participants that any future policy should seek to increase the quality of the public transport system by: increasing levels of investment, securing efficiency savings, working ‘smarter’.However, it also found that this unified view is challenged by a desire for the car market to be deregulated, which would engender a very different policy approach. A strategic choice is needed now, to determine whether Havana follows a North American-style trajectory of rapid growth in car use or a less car-dependent pathway.
Developing an equitable and sustainable mobility strategy for Havana
Highlights Analysis of transport issues in Havana, Cuba. Review of national policy guidelines for sustainable development. Evaluated tensions between demand for private cars and public modes. Suggests 21 actions to meet desired urban transport vision.
Abstract The particular political, economic and social conditions of the state of Cuba, in the Caribbean, have created unique possibilities for the development of a sustainable transport system in its capital city, Havana. This paper reports on the outcomes of a project to identify the possibilities and priorities for a long-term strategy for equitable and sustainable mobility for Havana. This involved almost 100 participants from Cuba and the UK in the 12months from June 2013. Overall, the study found a high degree of agreement amongst the transport policy community as to the three key transport issues facing Havana: high level of unmet demand, lack of available financing, poor state of the transport system.Perhaps more surprisingly, it also produced a near consensus amongst the participants that any future policy should seek to increase the quality of the public transport system by: increasing levels of investment, securing efficiency savings, working ‘smarter’.However, it also found that this unified view is challenged by a desire for the car market to be deregulated, which would engender a very different policy approach. A strategic choice is needed now, to determine whether Havana follows a North American-style trajectory of rapid growth in car use or a less car-dependent pathway.
Developing an equitable and sustainable mobility strategy for Havana
Warren, James (author) / Morris, Emily (author) / Enoch, Marcus (author) / Padilla Magdaleno, Idalmis (author) / Parra Arias, Zunilda (author) / Guanche, Julia (author)
Cities ; 45 ; 133-141
2015-02-14
9 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Sustainable Strategies towards Improving and Developing Old Havana
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