From Stockholm to the “Transport is not an end in itself SDGs: Sustainable Transport but rather a means allowing people in the International Arena to access what they need: jobs, The need for reliable and sustainable markets and goods, social interaction, transportation has been on the international education, and a full range of other agenda for the past fifty years. [...] The Conference emphasized the integrated and cross-cutting In 1997, during the five-year review of nature of sustainable transport and its Agenda 21 implementation, the UN General multiple roles in supporting achievement of Assembly expected transportation to be the the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). [...] sustainable transport, in the context of infrastructure, public transport systems, The New Urban Agenda, agreed to at the delivery of goods, affordability, efficiency and UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable convenience, improving urban air quality and Urban Development (Habitat III) in 2016, health, and reducing emissions. [...] The Future We Want—the outcome document adopted at the 2012 UN Has Progress Been Made? Conference on Sustainable Development Despite the rise of sustainable transportation (Rio+20)—stated sustainable transport can on the global agenda, the 2020 UN improve economic growth and integration, the Sustainable Development Goals Report states environment, social equity and accessibility, only half the wor. [...] The report measures access as the of sustainable transport systems, including share of the population within 500 metres energy-efficient multimodal transport systems, walking distance of low-capacity transport notably public mass transportation systems, systems (buses and trams) and 1,000 metres and clean fuels and vehicles.
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