Transport in urban areas is increasing issues of congestion, pollution, and accidents due to rising car ownership. Public transportation provides an alternative to reduce environmental impacts. Sustainable solutions include congestion charges, park and ride programs, car sharing, improved cycling and pedestrian infrastructure, restricted parking, and enhanced bus services. Concept mapping helps explain how factors like air pollution, congestion, noise pollution, and accidents relate to increasing car ownership and potential solutions can address these problems.

1. Transport in urban
areas

2. Lesson Objectives
The management of
transport in urban
areas, including the
public versus private
debate.

3. Success Criteria
O Understand the difference between public
and private transport.
O Consider the impact on transport on the
environment.
O Weigh-up different ways of making transport
more sustainable.

4. Use of passenger cars

5. Car Ownership
O Car ownership is increasing all the time.
O In London it has risen from 200,000 in
1930 to 2,500,000 in 2010
O In Delhi, India, it has risen from
500,000 in 1970 to 5,000,000 in 2008
O Both LIC and HIC have the same
problems occuring

6. TASK: Concept Map
O A concept map is designed to link
factors and help you explain them
O It simplifies the information so you can
identify links.
O
increasing car
Put
ownership in the middle of a
double page in your books

7. Concept Map
O Now around the centre, put all of the
problems with increasing car ownership
you can think of.
Poor public
Air Pollution Congestion
transport
Noise Building more
Accidents
pollution roads

8. How to make this more
sustainable
O Curitiba: The Smart City
O There are a number of ways in which
government / local authorities can make
this more sustainable
O Can you think of any that you may
already have seen?
O Add these schemes to your concept map

9. Did you get.....
• Congestion charges
• Park and ride
• Car sharing
• Cycle lanes
• Road lanes that only allow cars with 2+ people
• Pedestrian areas
• Bus only areas
• Bus lanes
• Restricted parking in CBDs
• Better public transport

10. Concept Map
O Your map should now have lots of boxes
scattered around the centre
O Draw a line between all of the boxes
you are think related to one another
Congestion
Air Pollution charge
Congestion charges will stop cars
coming into the central area, less
cars mean less fumes, less air
pollution

11. Extension
O Use page 27 and 28 to write specific
facts about congestion charges and
park and ride