Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vii
Table of contents xiii
List of figures xix
List of tables x
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Sustainable mobility and its misconceptions 1
1.2 Sustainable mobility in historic precincts 2
1.3 Need for the study 3
2 LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.1 Sustainable mobility 5
2.1.1 Concept 5
2.1.2 Need for sustainable mobility 8
2.2 Mobility choices in transport planning 9
2.2.1 Need for modal choices 9
2.2.2 Freedom of modal choices 10
2.2.3 Parking as an obstacle in modal choices 10
2.3 Understanding parking 11
2.3.1 Parking as a land use issue 11
2.3.2 Issues of minimum parking requirements 12
2.3.3 Economic value of parking 12
2.3.4 Parking strategies and their need 13
2.4 Paradigm shift towards sustainable mobility 14
3 CONCEPTUAL RESEARCH FRAMEWORK 15
3.1 Sustainable mobility, the private vehicle and historic precincts 15
3.2 Conceptual research framework 17
3.3 Research question 18
3.4 Objectives of the research 19
3.5 Scope and limitations 19
3.6 Methodology 20
4 CASE OF PANAJI CITY 23
4.1 Introduction to the city 23
4.2 Transport planning initiatives in Panaji 24
4.3 Historic precinct of Panaji 27
4.3.1 Commercial 28
4.3.2 Residential 30
5 UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORIC PRECINCT OF PANAJI 33
5.1 Historic precinct area 33
5.2 Change of building use 33
5.3 Existing parking problems 36
5.4 Existing policy issues 37
5.5 Need for sustainable mobility plan 38
6 MOBILITY PRACTICES IN THE HISTORIC PRECINCT OF PANAJI 39
6.1 Vehicle ownership and modal choices 40
6.2 Modal pattern 43
6.3 Parking pattern in the historic precinct 45
6.4 Parking preferences in the historic precinct 49
6.5 Inferences from the mobility practices in the historic precinct 51
7 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY IN PANAJI 53
7.1 Overview of the historic precinct 53
7.1.1 Characteristic of the historic precinct 53
7.1.2 Bye-laws of the historic precinct 56
7.1.3 On-street parking in the historic precinct 57
7.2 Proposed parking plan for historic precinct 59
7.3 Incremental approach towards sustainable mobility 65
7.4 Way forward 67
8 REFERENCES lxix
Appendix 1: Questionnaire for working population lxxi
Appendix 2: Questionnaire for residents lxxiii