To what extent does the value of New Urbanism relate to how its implemented?

What is it about?

This paper reports on the findings of a travel survey, travel distance and time data analysis and GIS analysis to demonstrate how the intent of New Urbanism can be let down by poor implementation of associated policy. The case study is Perth, Australia where application of Liveable Neighbourhoods Design Code has not yielded the transport sustainability results anticipated.

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Why is it important?

This work represents one of a limited number of natural experiments, looking at a strong sample of new urbanist compared to conventional neighbourhoods. Critically, the work finds that application of principle is critical to success and that watered down policy is not sufficient to achieve measurable gains.