This 2006 paper reviews the World Bank Group’s experience in implementing sustainable urban transport projects, and outlines the opportunities for improving the effectiveness of these projects. It is addressed to policy makers and professionals of bilateral and multilateral agencies, client country governments, and other stakeholders. (World Bank, 2006)

This report is one of two volumes that together comprise the NMT Strategy for the City of Cape Town. Volume 1: Status Quo Assessment summarises the legal, policy and existing conditions that surround NMT in the City. It also provides a basis to develop a comprehensive NMT problem statement for the City. (City of Cape Town, 2005)

This paper provides guidance on the selection of indicators for comprehensive and sustainable transportation planning. It discusses the concept of sustainability and the role of indicators in planning, describes factors to consider when selecting indicators, identifies potential problems with conventional indicators, describes examples of indicators and indicator sets, and provides recommendations for selecting indicators for use in a particular situation. (Victoria Transport Policy Institute, 2005)

This report is one of two volumes that together comprise the NMT Strategy for the City of Cape Town. Volume 2: The Policy Framework provides the City’s response to this problem statement. (City of Cape Town, 2005)

This is the final report of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development’s Sustainable Mobility Project (SMP). The SMP was launched in 2000 to understand better how the needs of society to move freely, gain access, communicate, trade and establish relationships might be improved without sacrificing other essential human or ecological requirements now or in the future. (World Business Council for Development, 2004)

The first National Household Travel Survey (2003) by the Department of Transport on the travel habits of individuals and households. The main emphasis is on workers and commuter trips and trips to various educational institutions. The information provided includes the modes of travel, periods of travel, travel times and travel costs. (Dept. of Transport, 2003)

The purpose of this paper by the World Bank is to help identify interventions within the urban transport sector that are both consistent with the national priorities of developing countries and with the Global Environment Facility’s climate change objectives. (World Bank, African Energy Policy Research Network, 2003)

This 2002 report prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change compares two transport greenhouse gas (GHG) scenarios. In the high “business as usual” scenario, residual land use policies continue to aggravate transportation problems. In the low GHG scenario, mobility, accessibility, and safety concerns drive the government to play an active role in land use and transportation policies. (Pew Centre, 2002)