TRANSPORT PLANNING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: SOME LESSONS FOR THE U.K?

The purpose of this article is to draw attention to some ideas being used in transport planning in countries in the third world. In Singapore, huge increases in motor vehicle taxation have recently been announced to give what must be amongst the highest road user charges in the world. These give a unique opportunity to compare the actual effect of road pricing with the largely theoretical studies which have been undertaken in most developed countries. The growing shortage of oil will result in the increased use of two-wheeled transport. The change of traffic composition which this would give rise to, could mean that in the not-too-distant future we could be learning from Asian transport planners who have to consider bicycle flows of around 60% in many cities. The methods of establishing priorities for road improvements in India and by the department of the environment are similar in some ways and A comparison of experiences would be interesting. In the field of traffic census design, particularly in rural areas, it is to be hoped that counties in the U.K. could benefit from new strategic and design principles formulated by developing countries. /TRRL/

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  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • HOWE, JDGF
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 2 p.
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 14
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bicycles; Developing countries; Economic development; Energy resources; Fuels; Highway engineering; Highways; Improvements; Planning; Road pricing; Rural areas; Strategic planning; Taxation; Traffic counts; Traffic volume; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Geographic Terms: Asia; India; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8005: Asia; 1211: Bicycle; 150: Developing countries; 3850: Fuel; 2755: Highway; 9108: Improvement; 8045: India; 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 141: Priority (gen); 240: Road pricing; 328: Rural area; 689: Traffic count; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Energy; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095795
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1975 12:00AM