Metropolitan Transportation Governance Institutions: International Experience for Metropolitan Areas in Developing Countries

This paper synthesizes systems of metropolitan transportation governance from Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and the United States. The genesis of the paper was requests made to the World Bank for support in designing institutions to manage rapidly expanding metropolitan areas and mega regions in the developing world that increasingly sprawl across multiple jurisdictional boundaries. To help compare the different solutions developed in each country, the case studies cover a consistent set of issues. Topics include the structure of regional institutions; their responsibilities (whether they cover different modes, whether they manage day to day operations); the degree of integration between land use and transport planning; the method of funding new transportation infrastructure projects and ongoing operations; and the methods for stakeholder involvement. For the purposes of this paper, successful systems are defined as those that are able to develop and implement cost-effective and environmentally-friendly urban transport plans in a manner that includes substantive input from relevant stakeholders. Given the broad subject matter and geographic scope, the study is conceived as a survey report. General conclusions are drawn on successful institutions including the presence of meaningful methods of interaction between different bodies, capital planning tied to an agreed upon plan, stable support for ongoing maintenance and operation funding, a mechanism to connect land use and transport decision making, and an agreed method for stakeholder involvement. The case of France is presented in more detail as an example.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA20(1) Mega-Regions
• Corporate Authors:

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• Authors:
  • Salzberg, Andrew
  • Fang, Ke
  • Heanue, Kevin
  • Zimmerman, Sam
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
• Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 23p
• Monograph Title: TRB 91st Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Developing countries; Governments; Institutional issues; Land use planning; Stakeholders; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Brazil; Canada; France; Germany; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01363051
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 12-4232
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 21 2012 10:06AM