Authors : B. Akinbamijo Olumuyiwa and Osunsanmi Gbolabo
Abstract: As cities grow especially in Third World countries, land uses get more spatially separated. Access and movement between use areas become more convoluted and with accompanying environmental costs. This research, deriving from a study of travel patterns of Akure, Nigeria makes a case for the sustainable urban transport. Using home-based questionnaire approach as well as researched literature review, the study opines that improper land use mix informs travel patterns in the cities and the continued growth in road based travels in passenger cars, which damage our towns and health in cities. The study therefore recommends immediate policy measures that include measures that reduce traffic demand in cities, pedestrian and cycle friendly infrastructure provisions and restriction of on street parking in the central areas. On the long run intervention strategies, the study recommends the compact city proposal for the central areas, while for the periphery, the regional city development approach and vehicle-free neighbourhood planning approach are recommended policy interventions.
B. Akinbamijo Olumuyiwa and Osunsanmi Gbolabo , 2007. Access in Cities and Sustainable Urban Transport- A Challenge for Third World City Planning Practice . Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 4: 654-661.