Urban Space: Mobility

Urban form is closely related to modes of transport and mobility within cities. we have moved into a time where our lives are not only concern about work but multiple journeys that have become not just desirable but necessary to sustain our lifestyles each and everyday. Much of our life in cities is built on how to get around. Movement in and around the city is dominated by cars. this is important because the choice of the car as the dominant mode of transport has a range of social, economic and environmental implication. some major impacts include emissions, noise and vibration . others include loss of public space to roads and parking and on economies congestion. and so  Hall (2012) concludes that transport impacts not just on the shape of the city but on its ecologies, societies, cultures and economies.

Hall (2012). Urban Geography 4th ed