Measuring sustainable transportation indicators with an environmental approach(Case study: Sari city)

Subject Areas : Regional Planning

sadegh seidbeigi ¹ , Alireza Mahdavi ² , hasan rasoli ³ , arezo jamshidi ⁴

1 - دکتری جغرافیا و برنامه ریزی شهری دانشگاه علوم و تحقیقات تهران و مدرس دانشگاه علمی کاربردی ایلام
2 - Noor university
3 - PhD Student, Geography and Urban Planning, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran
4 - Master student of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Jundishapur University of Technology, Dezful

Received: 2021-05-31 Accepted : 2022-07-17 Published : 2022-10-04

Keywords: Sustainable Development, City, urban environment, Sustainable Transport, Sari city,

Abstract :

One of the important needs of countries in the transportation process is to create a sustainable, complete, orderly transportation system, in which the role of the environmental factor has been less considered due to the lack of commercial benefits. On the other hand, sustainable transportation seeks to find the most efficient way for any movement that is accompanied by energy optimization and aims to reduce the effects of environmental degradation. The purpose of this study is to assess the indicators of sustainable transportation in Sari with emphasis on the environment. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method. The statistical population of the present study was 170 urban planning, transportation and environment experts in Sari. The sample size was selected as a purposeful snowball from the statistical population and a questionnaire was distributed among the sample size to 50 people. Data were collected through observation, interview and questionnaire and quantitative and qualitative techniques were used for analysis in SPSS software such as sample t-test, Pearson correlation test and factor analysis and its results. It is presented quantitatively and qualitatively. After indexing, these indicators were evaluated and prioritized using factor analysis and each of them was analyzed. Finally, it was found that in order to create stability in the transportation of Sari city, it is necessary for the authorities (on a large, local and urban scale) to prepare plans that are in line with sustainable transportation and the destructive effect of transportation development. To be balanced by creating a new green space in the city of Sari.