RIKISHA TO RAPID TRANSIT: URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND POLICY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Summarizes changes in modernization and incorporation in London during the 19th and 20th centuries to emphasize that many current debates in urban transport in Southeast Asia have a long pedigree. The main features of Tokyo's public transport history since the Meiji Restoration (1867) are outlined. Hong Kong's function as a filter of both Western and Eastern transport technology and organization en route to Southeast Asia is highlighted. Attention is focused on urban public transport in Southeast Asia: Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Surabaya, and Chiang Mai. At the end the modernization and incorporation process in cities both inside and outside Southeast Asia is described.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Rimmer, P J
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 413 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: History; Rapid transit; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Southeast Asia
• Subject Areas: History; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00482793
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat, Netherlands
• ISBN: 0080298729
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM