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INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
& MANAGEMENT | transport & mobility
Improving urban mobility
& transport include innovative schemes for increasing
access to public transport, improving quality, reliability
and affordability of city bus and rail travel, recognising
the role of informal transport modes for the urban poor,
and linking transport system development with employment
generation and environmental impact measures.
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local level
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Khan, M. (n.d) - Urban Public Transport and Sustainable
Livelihoods for the Poor A case study: Karachi, pakistan
- DFID [pdf]
> See DFID entries (right column)
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Maunder, D. et al (2001) - Sustainable livelihoods mobility
and access needs in urban and peri urban areas - DFID
[pdf]
> See DFID entries (right column)
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Sevanatha (2002) – Partnership to Improve
Access and Quality of Public Transport – Case Study
Colombo - Sevanatha / DFID / WEDC [pdf]
> See DFID entries (right column)
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Sohail, M; D. Maunder, & D. Mitlin (2001) - Partnerships
to improve access and quality of public transport for the
urban poor" - DFID / WEDC [pdf]
> See DFID entries (right column)
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Venter, C. J. et al. (2002) - Improving accessibility
for people with disabilities in urban areas - DFID
/ IUDD [pdf]
> See DFID entries (right column)
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international level
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Abraham, Abdullah (n.d) - Transport and Communication
for Urban Development Car Pooling in Kuala Lumpur: Perception
- Faculty of Built Environment, University Teknologi Malaysia
/ Habitat II Global Workshop[pdf]
Malaysia - In 1992, it was estimated that
there were some 600 million cars, vans and trucks throughout
the world. About 70% of these were found in the industrialized
western countries, 10% in Japan, 12% in the developing countries
(including Malaysia) and another 8% in Eastern Europe and
the Soviet Union (Lowe,1990, and Bleviss & Walzer, 1990).
World wide some 35 million cars are being produced each
year, and a net total of 20 million cars is added to the
world's fleet of cars (VIek & Michon, 1992). It was
also estimated that if a third of the world's population
in the year 2010 would drive cars, there would be two billion
motor vehicles altogether. At 50% and 70% worldwide car
ownership in 2010, these total numbers of cars would be
three and four billion, respectively, for the projected
world population of six billion people. Though this seems
unbelievable, it is however, not unrealistic.
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Duc Hai, Luu (n.d) - Private Transport's Role and It's
Appropriate Representation in Metropolitan Transport Development
Strategy in Vietnam - The National Institute for Urban
and Rural Planning, Vietnam / Habitat II Global Workshop
[pdf]
Vietnam - In Vietnam's
large cities (Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi Danang, Haiphong)
three kind of private transport means: have been popular
and increasing in number of bicycles, motorbikes and cars.
The short coming of public transport in these large cities
is one of the major reasons for the increasing the number
of private traffic means.
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Hau, Timothy D. (n.d) - Transport for Urban Development
in Hong Kong - University of Hong Kong / Habitat
II Global Workshop [pdf]
Hong - Kong - This paper gives a picture
of the use of demand management as an indispensable tool
in transport for urban development based on the case study
of Hong Kong. The paper performs some cross country comparisons
of transport characteristics and then analyzes urban transport
policy in Hong Kong from 1973-94. It culminates in the examination
of the Government's Report of the Working Party on Measures
to Address Traffic Congestion, 1994. The main message here
is that the most effective and sustainable way of tackling
our urban transportation problem is with a combination of
demand management measures (such as first registration taxes,
annual license fees, fuel taxes, etc.) and positive supply
measures (such as road construction and capacity-enlarging
traffic management).
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Huzayyin, Ali S. (n.d) - Realistic Requirements of Transport
Improvement for Sustainable Urban Development: Key Issues
for Egypt and Other Developing Countries - Cairo University
/ Habitat II Global Workshop [pdf]
Egypt - The paper in its main part (Section
3) addresses key issues related to further requirements
of transport improvements which are of equal importance
to infrastructure projects and can lead to sustainable urban
development. These "realistic' requirements stem from
the "realities' of the transport sector that can in
many ways impede the planned outcome of the massive investment
directed to this sector.
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Lee, Sung K. (n.d) - Merging Information Communication
and Transportation in Korea - Habitat II Global Workshop
[pdf]
It is now becoming recognized that the traffic signals
alone cannot solve congestion oriented transportation problems
in principle while enhancements are added to the system.
A new way recently being studied is providing drivers with
real-time traffic information on trip time, congestion,
accidents, restrictions and regulations, construction, parking
lots and so forth. This makes drivers themselves select
and use less busy routes with priority.
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Odeleye,Joshua Adetunji (n.d) - Improved Road Traffic
Environment for Better Child Safety in Nigeria - 13th
ICTCT workshop [pdf]
Nigeria - The deplorable and unsafe state
of road traffic environment in Nigeria renders children
the most helpless, vulnerable and endangered class of road
users in the country. Practically, other road users such
as the motorists and cyclists are psychologically reckless
and unmindful of children safety. Also, the pronounce disorderliness
in the admixture of various components of road traffic units
such as motor-vehicles, bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles,
pedestrians on narrowed, poorly maintained road network
further aggravates the confusion, tension, danger and crisis
experienced by children.
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Stortchevus, Vladimir K. (n.d) - Sustainable Development
of Transportation Systems in Largest Cities of Russia
- Habitat II Global Workshop [pdf]
Russia - The analysis of urbanization
processes in Russian cities makes it clear that, because
of economic and ecological factors as well as the motorization
factor, the key problem of urban transport becomes the problem
of the rational relationship between mass passenger transport
and private cars.
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Yuan, Lim Lan (n.d) - A Case Study on Urban Transportation
Development and Management in Singapore - National
University of Singapore / Habitat II Global Workshop [pdf]
Singapore - Singapore
can be considered one of the few Asian cities to be successful
in land transport management. Traffic in the city is moving
much better than in most other Asian cities. This paper
reviews land transport policies and the various measures
that Singapore has undertaken to alleviate urban traffic
congestion. The paper's objective is to identify the implementation
process and those policy elements that appear most replicable
in other Asian cities, given the opportunities and constraints
faced by each city as well as the particularities of their
contexts.
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Documents
highlighting DFID's published work in support of transport
and mobility in urban areas:
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Khan,
M. (n.d) - Urban Public Transport and Sustainable
Livelihoods for the Poor A case study: Karachi, pakistan
- DFID [pdf]
Pakistan - The purpose of the project
was to identify, explore, and document critical issues
in the provision of transport services for and in
low-income settlements in developing countries. The
identified issues can be used at policy and operational
levels to provide better transport services to low-income
communities in urban areas.
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Maunder, D. et al (2001) - Sustainable livelihoods
mobility and access needs in urban and peri urban
areas - DFID [pdf]
This paper will outline the objectives of an on-going
Knowledge and Research study being undertaken by TRL
on behalf of DFID which is investigating ‘Sustainable
Livelihoods, Access and Mobility’ in Zimbabwe
and Uganda. The paper begins by discussing the Livelihoods
Approach concept in relation to transport, and continues
with an overview of the methodology used for the study,
as well as a brief summary of findings from Phase
1 of the project.
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Sevanatha
(2002) – Partnership to Improve Access and
Quality of Public Transport – Case Study Colombo
- Sevanatha / DFID / WEDC [PDF]
Sri Lanka - This report presents
the findings of the Research Project R 7866, Partnerships
to improve access and quality of urban public transport
for the urban poor, carried out by a research team
of the SEVANATHA Urban Resource Centre, Colombo in
collaboration with Water, Engineering and Development
Centre (WEDC) of the Loughborough University. The
project was sponsored by the Department for International
Development of the British Government.
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Sohail,
M; D. Maunder, & D. Mitlin (2001) - Partnerships
to improve access and quality of public transport
for the urban poor" - DFID / WEDC [pdf]
The key question being addressed is how to improve
the access to and quality of public transport for
the urban poor. The work will focus on formal and
informal relationships (contracts), and roles and
responsibilities in the context of the projects which
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Venter, C. J. et al. (2002) - Improving accessibility
for people with disabilities in urban areas -
DFID / IUDD [pdf]
Improving access and mobility of people with disabilities
is crucial to alleviating poverty. This paper describes
the status quo in the countries studied, and begins
to identify best practices that countries throughout
the developing world may wish to pursue. The output
of the research will be a set of guidelines for reducing
mobility barriers in urban areas of the developing
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