ECD Solutions — January-February 2018

INSIGHTS 2018 17

Mobility index

FACTORS SUCH AS NO FUNCTIONING METRO NETWORKS,

LOW UPTAKE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT, HEAVY RELIANCE

ON ROADS AND PRIVATE VEHICLES, AS WELL AS POOR

UPTAKE OF ACTIVE COMMUTING OPTIONS ALL RESULTED

IN AUSTRALIAN CITIES SCORING POORLY ACROSS

SUSTAINABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES.

Arcadis found the top ranked city, Hong Kong, was boosted
by its innovative and well-connected metro network and a high
share of trips taken by public transport. Hong Kong managed to
achieve many of the aims of an effective urban transport system
— enabling comprehensive mobility, creating economic opportunity
and enriching the lives of citizens, business and tourists alike.
European cities dominated the rankings, with seven of the top
10 spots. According to the report, European cities benefited from
established and well-used metro networks such as London’s Un-
derground, strong bicycle infrastructure in cities like Amsterdam
and Copenhagen, and high shares of commuters using public rather
than private transport. The report also found that European cities
are more environmentally conscious, with incentives to lower
emissions reflected in cleaner air and greener mobility systems.
The report also found that cities benefiting from ‘money,
mass or maturity’, namely high-wealth, significant global cit-
ies, do not necessarily lead the ranking in sustainable urban

mobility. Although these factors can help, wealthy, large and/

or older cities were not “automatically punching their ticket to

sustainable urban mobility” according to the report.

The Sustainable Cities Mobility Index explored the three

pillars of sustainability: social (people), environmental (planet)

and economic (profit) to develop an indicative ranking of how

sustainable urban mobility systems are in 100 of the world’s

leading cities. It looked at how sustainable each of the cities

are in terms of the social and human implications, environmental

impacts of mobility in the city as well as efficiency and reli-

ability of the cities.

The full copy of the report can be found at http://arcad.is/SCMI.

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