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Transforming cities with transit

Cervero, Robert, Suzuki, Hiroaki, Iuchi, Kanako

2013,2014

Overview

This study explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. It first identifies barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of transit infrastructure and urban development. It then recommends a set of policies and implementation measures for overcoming these barriers and exploiting these opportunities. Well-integrated transit and land development create urban forms and spaces that reduce the need for travel by private motorized vehicles. Areas with good access to public transit and well-designed urban spaces that are walkable and bikeable become highly attractive places for people to live, work, learn, play, and interact. Such environments enhance a city's economic competitiveness, reduce local pollution and global greenhouse gas emissions, and promote inclusive development. These goals are at the heart of transit-oriented development (TOD), an urban form that is increasingly important to sustainable urban futures. This book uses a case study approach. It draws lessons from global best-case examples of transit-oriented metropolises that have direct relevance to cities in developing countries and elsewhere that are currently investing in bus rapid transit (BRT) and other high-capacity transit systems. It also reports the results of two original in-depth case studies of rapidly growing and motorizing cities that introduced extended BRT systems: Ahmedabad, India and Bogota, Colombia. Two shorter case studies enrich the understanding of factors that are critical to transforming cities with transit.

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT / ACCESSIBILITY / ACTIVE LIVING / AFFORDABLE HOUSING / AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES / AIR / AIR POLLUTION / AUTOMOBILE / AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP / AUTOMOBILES / BIKE PARKING / BIKE PARKING SPACES / BRIDGE / BROWNFIELDS / BUS / BUS LANES / BUS SERVICES / BUS STATIONS / BUS STOPS / BUS SYSTEMS / BUSES / CAPITAL INVESTMENT / CAPITAL INVESTMENTS / CAR / CAR USE / CARBON / CARBON DIOXIDE / CARS / CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT / CITIES / CITY BUS / City planning / CITY STREETS / CLIMATE CHANGE / COMPLEX TASK / CONGESTION / CONGESTION CHARGES / CONGESTION PRICING / CONGESTION RELIEF / COST EFFECTIVENESS / COST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION / COST OF TRAVEL / COSTS OF SPRAWL / CYCLISTS / DEMAND FOR TRAVEL / DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / ECOLOGY / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY / ECONOMIC VALUE / ECONOMICS / ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING / ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE / EMISSION / EMISSIONS / ENERGY CONSUMPTION / Entwicklungsländer / ENVIRONMENTAL / EXTERNALITIES / FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE / FINANCIAL INCENTIVES / FINANCIAL RESOURCES / FLOOR AREA / FLOOR AREA RATIO / FLOOR SPACE / FREE ZONES / FREEWAY / FUEL / FUEL PRICES / FUEL SUBSIDIES / GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS / GREENHOUSE GAS / GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION / GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS / HEAVY RAIL / HEAVY RAIL SYSTEM / HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE / HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT / HIGHWAY / HIGHWAYS / IMPACTS OF TRANSIT / INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY / INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING / INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT / INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS / INTERSECTIONS / JOURNEYS / LABOR FORCE / LAND TRANSPORT / LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY / LAND USE / LAND-USE PLANNING / LIGHT RAIL / LIGHT RAIL LINE / LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS / MASS TRANSIT / MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY / METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY / MIXED USE / MOBILITY / MOBILITY OBJECTIVES / Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung / NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES / NEIGHBORHOODS / NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORT / OPPORTUNITY COSTS / PASSENGERS / PEDESTRIAN / PEDESTRIAN ACCESS / PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION / PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS / PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS / PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE / PEDESTRIANS / PETROLEUM GAS / POLICY MAKERS / POLLUTION / POPULATION DENSITIES / POPULATION DENSITY / POPULATION GROWTH / PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL / PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES / PRIVATE PROPERTY / PRIVATE RAILWAYS / PROPERTY OWNERS / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PROPERTY TAXES / PROPERTY VALUES / PUBLIC PARKS / PUBLIC TRANSIT / PUBLIC TRANSIT USE / PUBLIC TRANSPORT / PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION / QUALITY OF PEDESTRIAN / RADIAL CORRIDORS / RAIL / RAIL DEVELOPMENT / RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE / RAIL INVESTMENTS / RAIL LINES / RAIL SYSTEM / RAIL TRANSIT / RAILWAY COMPANIES / RAILWAY TERMINALS / RAILWAYS / RAPID TRANSIT / REGIONAL TRANSIT / REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM / RESETTLEMENT / RESOURCE MANAGEMENT / RIGHT OF WAY / RISK MANAGEMENT / ROAD / ROAD SYSTEM / ROADS / ROUTE / ROUTES / SANITATION / SMART GROWTH / SPEEDS / SPRAWL / Stadtentwicklung / STREET LIGHTS / STREETS / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / SUSTAINABLE GROWTH / SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT / Sustainable urban development / TAX / TAX REVENUE / TOLL / TRAFFIC / TRAFFIC CONGESTION / TRAFFIC DEMAND / TRAINS / TRANSIT / TRANSIT AGENCIES / TRANSIT AGENCY / TRANSIT AUTHORITIES / TRANSIT CORRIDOR / TRANSIT CORRIDORS / TRANSIT DEMAND / TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT / TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE / TRANSIT INVESTMENT / TRANSIT INVESTMENTS / TRANSIT OPERATIONS / TRANSIT PLANNING / TRANSIT POLICY / TRANSIT RIDERS / TRANSIT RIDERSHIP / TRANSIT SERVICES / TRANSIT STATION / TRANSIT STATIONS / TRANSIT STOPS / TRANSIT SYSTEM / TRANSIT SYSTEMS / TRANSIT USAGE / TRANSIT USE / TRANSPARENCY / TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE / TRANSPORT MODE / TRANSPORT MODES / TRANSPORT PLANNERS / TRANSPORT SECTOR / TRANSPORT SERVICES / TRANSPORT SYSTEM / TRANSPORT SYSTEMS / TRANSPORTATION DEMAND / TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT / TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE / TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH / TRAVEL DEMAND / TRAVEL TIME / TRIP / TRIP ORIGINS / TRIPS / TRUE / TYPE OF TRANSPORT / UNDERGROUND / URBAN / URBAN DEVELOPMENT / Urban economics / Urban environment / URBAN GROWTH / URBAN PLANNERS / Urban planning / URBAN RAIL / URBAN SPRAWL / Urban studies / URBAN TRANSIT / URBAN TRANSPORT / URBAN TRANSPORTATION / URBANISM / VEHICLE / VEHICLE KILOMETERS / VEHICLES / WALKING / Öffentlicher Nahverkehr
• ISBN: 9780821397459, 0821397451