Key Instruments of Sustainable Urban Mobility on the Example of the Silesian Metropolis

Abstract

This chapter is dedicated to the problems of sustainable urban mobility. The first part presents general issues related to the concept of urban mobility planning. In this context, particular emphasis was put on the discussion of changes in the existing rules of planning the development of urban transport systems in favour of the new paradigm of sustainable mobility policy. Moreover, the literature concerning the instruments for sustaining urban mobility was reviewed. The purpose of the article is to refer theoretical considerations to the actual actions taken in order to sustain mobility in the Silesian Metropolis. The circumstances of the development of transport system in this area were discussed, with particular focus on the provisions of strategic documents, legal and organizational solutions, as well as development of low-carbon mobility system.