This paper discusses a project seeking to provide a diagnostic tool to rate the residential travel performance of large urban land use developments. The project aims to measure the extent of travel made and the modes of travel used by residential populations and, with the assistance of accessibility analysis techniques, to use this information as a means to rate the effect of a development’s location and design on residential travel. This work is being undertaken to assist in influencing the location and design of urban developments to ensure that their residential travel patterns contribute to sustainability objectives. As a form of shorthand the authors will refer in this paper to the project as rating a development's 'residential travel performance' for sustainability. The paper discusses current consideration of transport issues within development assessment processes, identifies a gap in current practice and provides meaningful insights as to how a diagnostic tool may be produced. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E213716.
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