basic services and infrastructure development including transport and mobility must be peoplecentred with dearlydefined links to landuse plans and housing programmes with the main focus on vulnerable and marginalized groups prioritizing basic service and infrastructure delivery must feature in any longterm economic and social development and environmental protection strategy governments must pay more attention to how when and with which standards they measure issues such as accessible and sustainable transport adequate and affordable housing inclusive urbanization universal access to safe public spaces and many other important urban targets that are strongly connected to the new urban agenda the cpi provides both a metric and a framework for policy dialogue giving cities and governments the possibility to devise indicators and baseline information often for the first time