Developing Countries 2013

This issue contains 16 papers concerned with developing countries. Specific topics addressed include: travel time and space mean speed of nonmotorized vehicles; India’s national urban investment program; public-private partnerships in traveler information provision; low-mass urban microcars; Beijing, China’s transition to a transit city; bus rapid transit in Chinese cities; vehicle ownership behavior of Indian households; and travel and car ownership of residents near new suburban metro stations in Shanghai, China. Additional topics addressed in this issue include: pedestrian delay and level of service at signalized intersection crosswalks; taxicab transportation in Bogotá, Colombia; transportation demand in Shanghai, China; bus rapid transit and metro systems in Mexico City, Mexico; joint mode and destination choice models for Jakarta, Indonesia; car ownership in Bogotá, Colombia; private bus operators’ willingness to participate in transit improvements in Mexico; and household travel surveys in developing countries.

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• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 144p
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2394
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Developing countries; Investments; Nonmotorized transportation; Public transit; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: China; Colombia; India; Indonesia; Mexico
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01521592
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309287166
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 4 2014 9:57AM