TAKING STEPS - A COMMUNITY ACTION GUIDE TO PEOPLE-CENTRED, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT

The purpose of this guide is to introduce urban transport issues to a wider audience than just professional transport planners and experts. Many community organisations, journalists and decision-makers need to have some awareness of the basics of urban transport. This book tries to make it easier to find out those basics. In most countries of Asia and the Pacific the social and environmental impacts of transportation are escalating. These impacts fall most heavily on people who are already disadvantaged, such as people living in poverty, people with disabilities, those with insecure housing rights, women, people living in inaccessible areas. Current transport priorities neglect the large proportion of the population in Asian cities who depend on non-motorised transport (NMT) and public transport. Traditional approaches to transport planning usually distrust community involvement and insist that transport is a technical matter to be left to the experts. Communities, organisations and individuals can take action on the issue. Unless there is an effort to involve poor communities, pedestrians, bus riders and non-motorised vehicle (NMV) users in transport planning, only the voices of motorists and big business will be heard. (A)

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• Corporate Authors:

  SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT ACTION NETWORK FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (SUSTRAN)

  PO BOX 11501
  KUALA LUMPUR,   Malaysia  50748
• Authors:
  • BARTER, ARP
  • RAAD, T
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 118 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cyclists; Demand; Developing countries; Freight transportation; Land use; Motorcycles; Pedestrians; Planning; Public participation; Public transit; Safety; Transportation; Trucks; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Pacific Area
• ITRD Terms: 8005: Asia; 1742: Cyclist; 285: Demand (econ); 150: Developing countries; 741: Goods traffic; 356: Land use; 1236: Lorry; 1221: Motorcycle; 8132: Pacific Ocean; 1733: Pedestrian; 143: Planning; 142: Public participation; 744: Public transport; 1665: Safety; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801599
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 983-40313-0-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 8 2000 12:00AM