Keeping Cities on the Move: The Road to Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Transport

  • Author(s): O P Agarwal
  • Size: 140 mm × 220 mm
  • Pages: 36
  • ISBN: 9789394657250

Book Details

Keeping Cities on the Move explains the importance of urban transport in the context of our economic development goals. It highlights its key differences between urban, or intracity, transport systems and intercity transport systems. It dwells on the complexities of urban transport, especially in terms of its much needed integration with multiple other disciplines, such as land use planning, environment, finance, governance, etc. Finally, the book highlights the challenges faced by the sector in the form of increasing congestion, worsening air pollution, increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, a rising oil import bill and increasing incidence of fatalities in road accidents. Keeping Cities on the Move also highlights the measures currently adopted to deal with the forementioned challenges as well as the measures needed in the years ahead.

Target Audience

    Professionals from urban infrastructure firms, consulting agencies, and NGOs working on transport or sustainability.

Table of Contents

    • Foreword
    • Abbreviations
    • What is urban transport and why is it important
    • Urban transport versus intercity, or long-distance, transport
    • Forms of transport and their features
      • source of power: animal or machine
      • Ownership and use
      • Guidance mechanism
      • Propulsion technology
      • Nature of payload
    • Mass transit systems
    • Issues in public transport
    • Possible solutions
      • Building safe and easy-to-use walkways and cycle tracks
      • Integrating different modes of transport
      • Concentrating residences near transit stations
      • Compact and mixed-use planning
    • Integrated systems
    • Emerging paradigms
    • Future of public transport
    • Summary

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