The slides in this presentation are for of a keynote address at the 2011 Sustainable Community Summit, Ottawa, Canada. My assignment is “To promote and guide discussion into the barriers and solutions associated with achieving the transportation element of a sustainable community.” As context for the discussion of barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport, I begin by explaining why I use “Inspire” in the title. I then list a dozen of my reports in which I examined various issues associated with sustainable transport, and another set of reports in which I previously discussed barriers and solutions to achieving sustainable transport in the City of Ottawa. The final context remark is to remind/inform attendees, and viewers of this presentation, of the ten reports from the project, Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions, which was undertaken for Transport Canada in 2008-2009. Emphasis then turns to two conditions which must be met in order to achieve the transportation component of a sustainable community. First, simultaneously reduce the number of trips made by private motor vehicles, and increase the number of trips made by walking, cycling, and transit. And second, actions are explicitly designed and methodologically implemented to increase transportation system flexibility. The presentation is concluded by a number of slides illustrating how the sustainability of a transportation system is determined by the combinations of transportation system outputs that are demanded by citizens, businesses, and government agencies, and the modes of transportation used by citizens, businesses, and governments to achieve those outputs. In the open forum to follow the presentation, Summit attendees will be asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and motivation to INSPIRE a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa, Ontario, and beyond.

1. Dr. Barry Wellar, MCIP
Distinguished Research Fellow, Transport Action Canada,
Professor Emeritus, University of Ottawa,
Policy and Research Advisor, Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods,
Policy and Research Advisor Federation of Urban Neighbourhoods
Principal, Wellar Consulting Inc.,
wellarconsulting.com
wellarb@uottawa.ca
Presentation materials for
2nd Annual Sustainable Community Summit:
Identifying Barriers and Providing Solutions
Summit organized by:
Yasir Naqvi, MPP
Ottawa Centre
ynaqvi.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
yasirnaqvimpp.ca
Ottawa, Ontario
May 14, 2011
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2. Presentation Assignment
P t ti A i t
To promote and guide discussion into the
barriers and solutions associated with achieving
the transportation element of a sustainable community.
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3. Why “Inspiring”?
Wh “I i i ”?
Because,
Because based on the record of the past 35 years informing Canadian citizens
years, citizens,
corporations, and governments about the ABCs of sustainable transport through facts
and logic has proven to be at best a ‘baby step’ way of effecting change.
As a result, and by ways yet unknown to me, it seems that a stimulus is needed to
INSPIRE citizens, corporations, and governments to move
Practice Sustainable Transport
to the very top of their Must Do Lists, and to then act accordingly.
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Today, Summit attendees will be asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and
motivation to INSPIRE a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa,
Ontario,
Ontario and beyond My task is to help frame the discussion
beyond. discussion.
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4. Sustainable Transport Concepts in Context
S t i bl T tC t i C t t
More than 150 years ago, John Stuart Mill expressed elements of the concept of
sustainability. My initial comments on sustainable transportation were published in
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the mid‐1970s, and built on Mill’s thoughts. PowerPoint slides from several previous
presentations provide a brief overview of parts of that work, and a context for
today’s Summit presentation. Information is included about e‐access to the
materials.
materials
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5. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Taking steps towards the end of the automobile era
Taking steps towards the end of the automobile era
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6. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Sustainable Transport:
Is There Anybody Here
Is There Anybody Here
Who Can Win This Game?
Sustainable Transport by Design or by Default?
Either Way, the Wasteful Ride is Over
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7. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Sustainable Transport Best Practices and
Geography: Making Connections
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Sustainable Transport Practices in Canada:
Exhortation Overwhelms Demonstration
Exhortation Overwhelms Demonstration
Geographic Factors as a Core Element of Best Practices in
Sustainable Transport in Metropolitan Regions in Canada
Sustainable Transport in Metropolitan Regions in Canada
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8. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Cutting to the Chase in
Designing New Measures of
Designing New Measures of
Transportation System Performance
Designing New Planning Measures of
D i i N Pl i M f
Transportation System Performance
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9. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Best Practices for Walkability
y
How Citizens Can Make a Difference in
Defining and Achieving Walkability
D fi i d A hi i W lk bilit
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10. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation ‐‐ Ottawa
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Sustainable Transport: Does Anybody Here
Know How To Win This Game
An Advisory to Council About Solving
An Advisory to Council About Solving
Ottawa’s Transportation Mess
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11. Selected Wellar Presentations on
Selected Wellar Presentations on
Sustainable Transportation ‐‐ Ottawa
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
The Bottom Line in
Tran$it Financing101:
They’re All Taxpayer Dollar$
They’re All Taxpayer Dollar$
Questions, Questions, and More Questions
About Ottawa’s LRT Plan, 2009 Edition
,
Analysis of Responses to
‘Questions, Questions, and More Questions
About Ottawa’s LRT Plan, 2009 Edition’
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12. Recent Wellar Research Into the
Recent Wellar Research Into the
Sustainable Transport Decision Process
(available at wellarconsulting.com)
Transport Canada Project,
Methodologies for Identifying and Ranking
Sustainable Transport Practices in Urban Regions
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13. Inspiring S t i bilit A ti Agenda
I i i a Sustainability Action A d
Will Not Be a Walk in the Park!
"… Besides, increased traffic is
a natural outcome of
t l t f
the city's intensification goals."
Ottawa Sun Editorial, March 11, 2011.
"Walkley driving ban unwarranted"
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14. Letter to Editor by B. Wellar
L tt t Edit b B W ll
Submitted March 11, 2011 but Not Published
I expect that your statement "Besides, increased traffic is a natural outcome
of the city's intensification goals." will come as one hell of a surprise to all the
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urban planners, urban designers, etc., in Ottawa and around the world who are
under the impression that a primary reason for urban intensification is to
reduce the number of trips made by private motor vehicles, and increase the
number of trips made by walking, cycling, and transit.
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15. Essence of a Sustainable Transportation
E f S t i bl T t ti
Action Agenda (1)
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reduce the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increase the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit.
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16. Essence of a Sustainable Transportation
E f S t i bl T t ti
Action Agenda (2)
Actions are explicitly designed and
methodologically implemented to
increase transportation system flexibility
(Source: William L. Garrison, contact B. Wellar for references.)
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17. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Basic Output‐Input Relationships
Increased ABC with Increased Use of XYZ Mode of Transportation
Increased ABC with Decreased Use of XYZ Mode of Transportation
Decreased ABC with Increased Use of XYZ Mode of Transportation
ABC with Increased Use of XYZ Mode of Transportation
Decreased ABC with Decreased Use of XYZ Mode of Transportation
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18. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your ABCs (1)
Accessibility
Accidents
Cardiovascular illness
Comfort
Congestion
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Convenience
Density
Diversity
y
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19. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your ABCs (2)
Economic development
Energy consumption
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Environmental impact
Fitness
Greenhouse gases
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Green space
“Gridlock”
Growth
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20. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your ABCs (3)
Health problems
Infrastructure capital costs
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Infrastructure maintenance costs
Infrastructure operating costs
Intensification
Land consumption
Mobility
Obesity
y
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21. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your ABCs (4)
Open space
Parking lots
g
Parking spaces
Pollution
Resource consumption
p
Respiratory illnesses
Safety
Sprawl
p
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22. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your ABCs (5)
Taxes
Traffic deaths
Traffic injuries
Trip cost
Trip distance
p
Trip interruptions
Trip risks
Trip time
p
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23. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your ABCs (6, 7, 8, 9 …)
40 ABCs are sufficient for the Summit.
There are dozens of other ABCs,
Fill in the blanks
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24. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your XYZ Mode(s) For Moving People
Cycling
Motorized scooter
Motorized wheelchair
Private motor vehicle
Rollerblading
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Skateboarding
Transit
Walking
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25. Fundamentals of Sustainable Transportation 101:
F d t l f S t i bl T t ti 101
Name Your Alternative Means for Not Moving People
Telecommute
Teleconference
Telehealth
T l h lth
Telemarket
Telemedicine
Teleservice
Teleshop
Telework
.
.
.
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26. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Barrier Question 1.
What are the reasons that citizens may not
actively engage in practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
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27. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Barrier Question 2.
What are the reasons that corporations may not
participate in efforts to achieve sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
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28. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Barrier Question 3.
What are the reasons that the City of Ottawa may not implement
policies, plans, and programs that give top priority to
practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
b lki li d i?
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29. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Barrier Question 4.
What are the reasons that the Province of Ontario
may not implement policies, plans, and programs that
give top priority to practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
b lki li d i?
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30. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Barrier Question 5.
What are the reasons that the Government of Canada
may not implement policies, plans, and programs that
give top priority to practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
b lki li d i?
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31. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Solution Question 1.
What are the ways to inspire citizens to
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reduce the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
private motor vehicles and
b) Increase the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
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32. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Solution Question 2.
What are the ways to inspire corporations to
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reduce the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
private motor vehicles and
b) Increase the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
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33. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Solution Question 3.
What are the ways to inspire the City of Ottawa to implement
policies, plans, and programs that give top priority to
li i l d th t i t i it t
practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
by walking cycling and transit?
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34. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Solution Question 4.
What are the ways to inspire the Province of Ontario to implement
policies, plans, and programs that give top priority to
li i l d th t i t i it t
practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
by walking cycling and transit?
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35. Questions about Barriers to Achieving a
Q ti b t B i t A hi i
Sustainable Transportation Action Agenda
Solution Question 5.
What are the ways to inspire the Government of Canada to implement
policies, plans, and programs that give top priority to
li i l d th t i t i it t
practicing sustainable transportation by
SIMULTANEOUSLY
a) Reducing the number of trips made by
private motor vehicles, and
b) Increasing the number of trips made
by walking, cycling, and transit?
by walking cycling and transit?
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36. Again, Why “Inspiring”?
A i Wh “I i i ”?
Because, based on the record of the past 35 years, informing Canadian citizens,
corporations, and governments about the ABCs of sustainable transport through
facts and logic has proven to be at best a ‘baby step’ way of effecting change.
As a result, and by ways yet unknown to me, it seems that we need to INSPIRE
our citizens, corporations, and governments to move Practice Sustainable
Transport from the To Do List to the top of the Doing List. NOW!
Today, Summit attendees are asked for words of wisdom, guidance, and
motivation to inspire a sustainable transportation transformation across Ottawa,
Ontario, and beyond.
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37. Closing Comment
Cl i C t
Congratulations to MPP Yasir Naqvi for creating the Sustainable Community
Summit, and to the Summit participants who care enough about their
community to put achieving greater sustainability at the very top of their To
Do Lists. May numerous others join us in common cause.
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38. Let the Inspiring Begin
L t th I i i B i
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39. Note about Barry Wellar
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Barry Wellar has been engaged in community affairs since the early 1970s.
Barry Wellar has been engaged in community affairs since the early 1970s.
Information about his academic, research, public service, and consulting activities can
be found at various websites, including: wellarconsulting.com; transport2000.ca;
slideshare.net; urbanneighbourhoods.ca; http://www.geomatics.uottawa.ca/; and
ld h b hb h d h // / d
urisa.org. In addition, a Google search for B. Wellar and Barry Wellar will yield a
number of results.
Acknowledgement
Thanks to Sam Herold, Technical Advisor, Information Research Board (IRB) for his
assistance in preparing this presentation.
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