Urban Travel Reduction Options for Developing Countries

In the first part of the paper a review is made of the various solutions suggested for Bombay’s transport problem and the status of their implementation. In the next part of the paper, a few transport and non-transport solutions are discussed. Some empirical results are also presented to bring out the scope for possible substitution of transport trips by telecommunications. The paper concludes with remarks on the desirable transport planning policy for the future.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of British Columbia, Vancouver

  Centre for Transportation Studies
  Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada  V6T 1W5
• Authors:
  • Modak, S K
  • Patkar, V N
• Conference:
  • Research for Tomorrow's Transport Requirements. Proceedings of the Fourth World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
  • Date: 1986-5-0 to 1986-5-0
• Publication Date: 1986

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1296-1311
• Monograph Title: Research for Tomorrow’s Transport Requirements

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Developing countries; Public transit; Telecommunications; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transit; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Mumbai (India)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01082831
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 18 2007 11:52AM