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Visioning and Backcasting for Transport Policy in London (Vibat London)
The Vibat London study examines the possibilities of reducing transport emissions in London by 60 per cent to 2030 and 80% to 2050 through a modified backcasting and scenario-building approach. It is a knowledge transfer project funded by UrbanBuzz.
It examines a range of policy measures (technological and behavioural), and assesses how they can be effectively combined to achieve these levels of emissions reduction. The intention is to assess whether such ambitious target are feasible, identify the main problems (including the transition costs), and the main decision points over the future time horizons.
TC-SIM
The transport and carbon simulator has been developed as part of the UrbanBuzz Vibat London project.
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Date: 2007-2008
Team:
Halcrow Group (Robin Hickman, Annabel Bradbury and Olu Ashiru)
Transport Studies Unit, Oxford University (David Banister and Stephen Moody)
Space Syntax (Alain Chiaradia, Chris Stutz, Jorge Gil, Jasia Ward, Gavin Baily)
Funder: UrbanBuzz Research Programme
UrbanBuzz: Building Sustainable Communities is a 2-year knowledge transfer programme (running from 2007-08) that aims to develop new ways of delivering sustainable forms of development and community in London and the wider South East region. University College London (UCL) and University of East London (UEL) are the co-originators and facilitators of UrbanBuzz.
Partners
Contact
Dr Robin Hickman
Associate Director,
Research Sector,
Halcrow Group Ltd,
Vineyard House,
Brook Green,
London,
W6 7BY
hickmanro@halcrow.com
www.halcrow.com
Professor David Banister
Professor of Transport Studies
Transport Studies Unit,
Oxford University Centre for the Environment,
University of Oxford,
South Parks Road,
Oxford,
OX1 3QY
www.tsu.ox.ac.uk/people
/dbanister.php
UrbanBuzz Research Programme
www.urbanbuzz.org
