Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) has immense benefits for individual users, as well as society at large, through improvements to physical health, air quality, the environment, climate change, personal finance, accessibility, mobility and the empowerment of vulnerable groups. Therefore, NMT infrastructure - particularly well-planned, high quality facilities in a comprehensive network - is essential to achieving economic and social equity, especially for the urban poor in developing countries.
The Non-Motorised Transport Project Assessment Tool (NMT-PAT) is a joint venture between UNEP and the Center for Transport Studies (CfTS) at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The PAT Tool was designed to take into consideration the wide range of benefits (health, social, economic and environmental) while not requiring unrealistic amounts of data. It utilizes common, aggregate transport and economic indicators where possible and provides the ability to use local institutional knowledge to supplement existing data or substitute data that is unavailable. This report and its supplement aim to advance the development of NMT-PAT for UNEP’s ‘Share the Road’ programme.
