Analysis between United Nation ESCAP and European Commission sustainable urban transport indicators

The growth and concentration of motor vehicles has led to increase demand for urban mobility. Renewed commitments of urban cities are required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals SDG target 11.2 on urban mobility as well as to enhance overall sustainability of urban transport systems and services. Cities and countries need to track the progress in improving urban mobility. With a view to support evidence-based decision, the thesis introduces the Sustainable Urban Transport Index (SUTI), a comprehensive assessment tool developed by UNESCAP to help summarize, track and compare the state of urban mobility in Asian cities. It also presents the results of pilot application of SUTI in two Asian cities: Greater Jakarta and Colombo completed in 2017. The two pilot cities were able to collect data, analysed and assess the state of urban mobility in their city using SUTI. The visual output display in spider diagram was very useful to comprehend state of all 10 key indicators in a glace. More Asian cities have shown interest in application of SUTI. A workshop held in Colombo confirmed the relevance and significance of SUTI tool to evaluate and assess state of urban transport systems and services in Asian cities and as well as to make comparison among peer cities. Similarly European Commission (EC) has developed a comprehensive set of practical and reliable indicators that support cities to perform a standardised evaluation of their mobility system and to measure improvements that result from new mobility practices or policies. Sustainable urban mobility indicators are a useful tool for cities and urban areas to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their mobility system and to focus on areas for improvement. As cities and urban areas continue to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and work towards EU policy goals. The aim is to analyse the sustainable transport indicators of ESCAP and European union in terms of their input data and output result