Mohamed H. Ismail
Technologies for Sustainable Built Environments Centre, University of Reading, United Kingdom \ Hereford Futures Limited, Hereford, United Kingdom
Felix Groba
German Institute of Economic Research, Berlin, Germany
Charlotte Hasager
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Jake Badger
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Ferhat Bingöl
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Niels-Erik Clausen
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Andrea Hahmann
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Ioanna Karagali
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Merete Badger
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Alfredo Peña
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Roskilde, Denmark
Miguel A. Bernal Pampin
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Laira Cristóbal Andrade
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Pastora M. Bello Bugallo
Department of Chemical Engineering and Seminar of Renewable Energy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
S. J. Williamson
Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
B. H. Stark
Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
J. D. Booker
Faculty of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Stefania Luizzi
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Pietro Stefanizzi
Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Politecnico di Bari, Italy
Marta Szabo
Renewable Energies Unit - Institute for Energy (IE), European Commission - Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Md. Alam Hossain Mondal
Energy Institute, Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE),Ganakbari, Bangladesh
James A. Scott
Aston University, Birmingham, UK
William Ho
Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Prasanta Kumar Dey
Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Wamei Lin
Department of Energy Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Jinliang Yuan
Department of Energy Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Bengt Sundén
Department of Energy Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Onder Ozgener
Solar Energy Institute, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
Leyla Ozgener
Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Celal Bayar University, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey
Elin Svensson
Heat and Power Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Thore Bernsson
Heat and Power Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
M. R. Hann
University of Southampton, UK
J. R. Chaplin
University of Southampton, UK
F. J. M. Farley
University of Southampton, UK
Kjell Eriksson
DNV Research & Innovation, Norway
Peter Friis-Hansen
DNV Research & Innovation, Norway
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp110573501Published in: World Renewable Energy Congress - Sweden; 8-13 May; 2011; Linköping; Sweden
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 57:1, p. 3501-3508
The paper considers sustainable travel strategies for remote cities that form a regional centre for a wider area. The strategies aim to minimise private vehicle traffic within the city centre arising from both city residents and commuters in from outside regions; but without adversely impacting on the total inflow of people to the city for business; leisure or educational purposes so as not to affect the city’s economic viability.
The primary case study within the paper is Hereford; United Kingdom – an ancient Norman city within rural Herefordshire. Significant research has previously been conducted as to the transport problems within the city and such research is summarised and built on in the current paper by proposing potential solutions to the problems.
The paper concludes that sustainable travel strategies in such cities are best aligned in zones; with key strategies for the inner zones being walking and cycling and key strategies for the outer zones being “park and walk” schemes to the inner walking/cycling zones.
[1] Herefordshire Council; The Population of Herefordshire; November 2009
[2] Delivering a Sustainable Transport System Stage 2 Study for the West Midlands Region; Growth Point Connectivity Stage 1; April 2010
[3] Census Data; 2001
[4] Cairns; S.; Sloman; L.; Newson; C.; Anable; J.; Kirkbride; A.; Goodwin; P. (2004); Smarter Choices – Changing the Way We Travel; Department for Transport
[5] Herefordshire Council; Mini-Map; http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/Hfd_Mini_map_07.pdf
