Sustainable transport planning: assessing transit oriented development in north-west Sydney
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Bista, SantoshAbstract
The main aim of this chapter is to design a generic planning and assessment framework in economic perspectives to gauge the sustainability of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) around bus corridors in North West sector of Sydney – a case study of Sunnyholt Road in the city of Blacktown. It further elaborates the potential for increased development in the vicinity of Sunnyholt Road that could be associated with the Parramatta-Rouse Hill-Blacktown Transit Way (TWay) which is currently under construction.The main aim of this chapter is to design a generic planning and assessment framework in economic perspectives to gauge the sustainability of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) around bus corridors in North West sector of Sydney – a case study of Sunnyholt Road in the city of Blacktown. It further elaborates the potential for increased development in the vicinity of Sunnyholt Road that could be associated with the Parramatta-Rouse Hill-Blacktown Transit Way (TWay) which is currently under construction.
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2008-01-01Publisher
Sydney University PressLicence
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Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney.Citation
Bista, S. (2008). Sustainable transport planning: assisting transit oriented development in north-west Sydney. In Gilmour, T. and Blakely, E.J., with Rafael E. Pizarro (Eds.) 'Dialogues in Urban Planning: Towards Sustainable Regions' (pp. 195-215). Sydney: Sydney University PressShare