Abstract
In Iran, the implementation of public transport and non-motorized transport infrastructure warrants the need to allocate adequate funding from the state and city hall. In this regard, in city hall development plans (the format approved by the Ministry of Interior), urban transportation plan has been one of the ten chapters. The purpose of this paper is to survey the content and documents related to the allocation of funds to the traffic sector in the former development program of Kerman city hall and by the way, assess the role of human-oriented transportation among the plans and programs of Kerman city hall. Therefore, the amount of funds allocated to the transport sector in Kerman city hall development plans and programs has been investigated for a period of six years (2009-2014). Comparative analysis method is used for surveying the position and the importance of sustainable transport among planners and urban management. Kerman is the historical city and the most important city in the South East of Iran. Due to uncontrolled population growth in recent decades, a large number of cars added to its pathways, so it is required to have a plan of sustainable transportation programs to be evaluated traffic. Results of the analysis indicate that the budget allocated to the development of the vehicle-oriented transportation is much more than human-oriented transportation and in fact, human-oriented systems of transport such as walking and cycling are considered less than the others. Also in the old fabric of Kerman city that has formed on the basis of the human-oriented transportation, the lowest level of funding is intended to regulate transportation. With this description, it is clear that achieving sustainable development and human-oriented in urban transport sector, it fundamentally needs paradigm shift in urban transport development and revision in the attitudes of managers and planners, and in the meantime it is necessary to correct the programming cycle of urban development along with review of the allocating funds mechanism and to define projects in various sectors. Urban and transport planners can conduct municipalities projects with costing not too much and hereto provide non-motorized styles in the field of urban transport networks. If only allocated apart of the overall funding for roads, highways and city streets to the development of public transport and non-motorized transportation options, the impact would be very high.
Highlights
According to recent U.N. statistics, the majority of the world’s inhabitants live in cities, many of which are developed without public and sustainable transportation infrastructure [1]
Human-oriented transport is the main approach to urban environmental protection that in many developed countries, people try to distance themselves from vehicle-oriented transportation as much as possible and replace human-oriented transportation [3]
This paper examines the content and documents related to the amount of funds allocated to the traffic in the Kerman city hall development program and comparative analysis method is used to check the status and importance of development of the human-oriented and sustainable transportation planning and urban management
Summary
According to recent U.N. statistics, the majority of the world’s inhabitants live in cities, many of which are developed without public and sustainable transportation infrastructure [1]. In these cities, they often use cars for trips within the city and other transportation options such as cycling, walking are rarely used [2]. Francis Tibaldz believes that the construction of roads in addition to being costly, damages to the environment His solution for the traffic problem is to use public transport and pedestrian traffic [5].
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