Transport

Private partnerships for socially and environmentally sustainable urban development

( United Nations Human Settlements Programme , 2007)

2007 marks the beginning of a new urban era - for the first time, half of humanity will be living in towns and cities. This report provides an overview of the challenges, business opportunities and be...

Towards participatory, pro-poor transport policy

( Philip Scott Jones;M. Sohail;Annabel Davis / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2003)

Transport is a necessary input to urban life, providing the means of access from home to activity.  It plays a key role in people’s lives, providing them with access to opportunities. Only recently ha...

Bidding process for bus operating companies failed to build an efficient and affordable system in Brazil

( A. de Ávila Gomide / Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil , 2004)

This paper analyses the main outcomes and consequences of the bidding process for urban bus services that took place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during 1997-98, focussing on economic efficiency and cha...

Sustainable urban road transport in Chinese mega cities

( X Zhang; X Hu / Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo , 2003)

The study links the major unsustainabilities of China’s urban road transport with those deficiencies in urban road transport planning and management and China’s auto industry policy.

Road transporta...

Recapturing the streets: a vision of equitable and sustainable urban transport

( Eduardo Alcantara Vasconcellos / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)

Why have planners failed to provide safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable transport for the two billion residents of developing country cities? Is transport policy too dependent on Northern...

Improving urban transport systems: towards a pro-poor, user-centred approach

( M. Sohail / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)

How should we judge whether a transport system is facilitating or hindering the economic development of a city in a developing country? Can a sustainable livelihoods approach help to better plan trans...

Fighting motor madness: rethinking urban transport through a poverty lens

( David Booth;Lucia Hanmer;Elizabeth Lovell / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)

How should planners respond to increased travel demand in the developing world’s burgeoning cities? Can transport policies contribute to poverty reduction? What is the impact of government expenditure...

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