THE EVALUATION OF URBAN TRANSPORT MASTER PLANS IN TURKISH CITIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

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2021-7-28

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Climate change is a global challenge that many nations deal with. Consumption patterns and greenhouse gas emission levels indicate that activities in urban areas are one of the main reasons for the climate change problem. Besides, the transportation sector’s role in greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption is undeniable. In the last decades, the increase in car dependency made it challenging to deal with the problems since private cars significantly impact emission levels. Besides, the ever-growing population and economic development goals are likely to affect travel demand, which may cause an increase in demand for the number of private cars and necessary infrastructure in the future. Increasing road capacity due to predictions caused further urban transport problems rather than solving them. This situation turned into a vicious circle in most of the major cities. However, cities can also be considered as solutions to this problem. In the contemporary transport planning approach, it is realized that focusing on changing travel behaviors and patterns has a significant impact on transport planning rather than meeting the demand by increasing the capacity. Transport policies that aim to reduce private car usage with effective travel demand management might help to solve the problems. Policy packages that are part of the urban transport plans may play a key role in climate change mitigation. This research analyzes the policy packages of Urban Transport Master Plans of twelve Turkish cities with a view to assess the extent to which the issue of climate change is handled and included in these plans. In order to carry out this analysis, the plans are examined in detail and an evaluation framework is developed in accordance with the literature review. The framework, comprising a list of possible climate-change related policies and actions, helps to compare and scale the compatibility of the urban transport master plans. With this comprehensive assessment, the main contribution of this study is to provide an evaluation of the existing urban transport master plans and the urban transport planning practice in Turkey with reference to climate change and in terms of their ability to address the urgent issue of climate change.

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Urban Transport, Urban Transport Policies, Urban Transport Master Plans, Climate Change

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A. Kocakuşak, “THE EVALUATION OF URBAN TRANSPORT MASTER PLANS IN TURKISH CITIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2021.