PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING CITIES IN THE FACE OF GLOBALISATION

One of the characteristics of transport production is that it cannot be stock-piled. This means that urban transport is necessarily local and anchored within a geographical, social, and political context. This also means that globalization has a more indirect influence, impacting on models of transport organization, vehicle production, capital invested and management services. This article attempts to identify obstacles that face public transport in the cities in developing countries.

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  International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

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  Brussels,   Belgium  BE-1080
• Authors:
  • GODARD, X
• Publication Date: 2002-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26-29
• Serial:
  • Public Transport International
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
  • ISSN: 1016-796X
  • Serial URL: http://www.uitp.org/publications/public-transport-magazine.cfm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Capital investments; Cities; Developing countries; Globalization; Mode choice; Political factors; Production; Public transit; Social factors; Urban transit
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942018
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 2003 12:00AM