Dr. Cathal FitzGerald:

Yes, the objective of transport-oriented development is to move away from car-oriented sprawl and this has to be done with the focus on public and active transport in advance. The example to be looked at in Freiburg was that before the first home was occupied in that development, the tramline was already in place in Rieselfeld. In the overall development, within a couple of years of it having been opened, the bus had been replaced by a tram. The central point is that the central axis of both of these transport-oriented developments is a tram route. It is only then that one can start to look at dealing with cars, sprawl, parking and other issues that go alongside transport-oriented development.