Urban Mobility for All: La Mobilité Urbaine pour Tous

Urban Mobility for All: La Mobilité Urbaine pour Tous
Author: X. Godard
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9789058093998

This title covers topics such as: the urban travel mobility of social groups; transport, urbanism and accessibility; mass transport investment; regulation, integration and financing public transport; road safety; and strategic approach, institution and governance.

Rail Mass Transit for Developing Countries

Rail Mass Transit for Developing Countries
Author: Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain)
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1990
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780727715609

Many developing countries are building metro systems, which have encouraged economic growth in city centres but are proving enormously costly. This book forms an invaluable study of the arguments for and against metros, based on analyses of the advantages and problems encountered in several cities throughout the world. The authors consider how to overcome some of the difficulties, recognizing the crucial economic role of rail mass transit systems in large cities.

Urban Transport Environment and Equity

Urban Transport Environment and Equity
Author: Eduardo Alcantara Vasconcellos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1134201419

Traditional transport planning has generated transport systems that propagate an unfair distribution of accessibility and have environmental and safety issues. This book highlights the importance of social and political aspects of transport policy and provides a methodology to support this approach. It emphasizes the importance of co-ordinating urban, transport and traffic planning, and addresses the major challenge of modifying the building and use of roads. The author makes suggestions for innovative and radical new measures towards an equitable and sustainable urban environment.

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Publisher: Editions Publibook
Total Pages: 264
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ISBN: 2753905541

Urban Mobility Systems in the World

Urban Mobility Systems in the World
Author: Gaele Lesteven
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2024-01-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 178945154X

Urban Mobility Systems in the World provides insight into the geographical organization of urban mobility systems around the world. These “systems” consist of infrastructure networks, existing transport services and people’s travel practices. Adopting a comparative approach, the book highlights the geographical diversity of mobility systems, based on case studies from Africa, North and South America, Asia and Europe. This multi-disciplinary book is organized into twelve chapters, divided into four parts. The first part gives an overview of urban mobility, and then examines the factors that determine everyday mobility in cities, revealing different travel practices among populations (poor, elderly and children). Parts 2 and 3, respectively, focus on urban public transport (trains, metros, minibuses) and active modes of transport (walking, cycling), and the related infrastructure policies. The final section examines the circulation of urban mobility analysis tools and public policy models

Research on Transport Economics 2000

Research on Transport Economics 2000
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2000-10-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9264088164

The Annual Information Bulletin presents a survey of research in hand on the social and economic aspects of transport in over 400 specialised agencies which are mainly European (West and East) but in some cases American, Canadian or Australian.

Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Africa

Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Africa
Author: Ransford A. Acheampong
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2022-11-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031173279

This book provides a collection of insightful conceptual and empirical works that situate transport and mobility challenges in the unique context of individual countries and cities while highlighting commonalities across the African continent. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book covers important themes in transport and mobility including the links between urbanization, urban structure, and accessibility; transport equity and poverty, non-motorized transport, public transport, and the challenges and opportunities of new and emerging transport technologies, and ICT-mediated mobility solutions. Each chapter engages with the normative imperatives that are critical to improving the transport and mobility situations of African urban areas now and in the future.