Thrust of the Programme  To address the problems of increasing motorization, air pollution and deteriorating public transport and conditions for appropriate usage of non-motorized transport (bicycling and walking) experienced by most developing country cities, UN-HABITAT's activities in urban transport focus on the action priorities identified in both Chapter 7 of Agenda 21 and the transport provisions of the Habitat Agenda specifically:
- Promoting human settlements development strategies that better integrate land use planning, environmental quality and transport to minimize trip distances and reduce negative development impacts;
- Promote public transport and non-motorized transport as either a substitute, or complementary mode for travel, to the private car;
- Increase the efficiency of existing transport operations through improved planning and management of all modes of transport;
- Improve mobility levels for the urban poor through promotion of affordable urban transport plans, programmes and technologies;
- Decentralize urban transport infrastructure investment decision-making, planning and management to the local level.
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