Abstract

Urban areas or cities should orient towards nature in as much as that the urban ecological environment should be considered as an asset by integrating environmental issues into the process of urban planning and administration. In the present context, sustainable urban transport plays an important role in urban planning and development by providing access for people to education, trade, employment, recreation, health care and other services. But in most of the cities, urban transportation systems is not compatible to ideal situation resulting into traffic congestion, increased air and noise pollution, health effect, create significant impact on local and national GDP among others. An effort has therefore been made by the authors of the present paper to present in brief the planning and development of sustainable urban transport along with its importance.

Keywords: Urban planning; sustainability; Environment; Urban transport; Air pollution