Transforming Cities with Transit : Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development

This study explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. It first identifies barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of transit infrastructure and urban development. It then recommends a set of policies and implementation measures for overcoming these barriers and exploiting these opportunities. Well-integrated transit and land development create urban forms and spaces that reduce the need for travel by private motorized vehicles. Areas with good access to public transit and well-designed urban spaces that are walkable and bikeable become highly attractive places for people to live, work, learn, play, and interact. Such environments enhance a city's economic competitiveness, reduce local pollution and global greenhouse gas emissions, and promote inclusive development. These goals are at the heart of transit-oriented development (TOD), an urban form that is increasingly important to sustainable urban futures. This book uses a case study approach. It draws lessons from global best-case examples of transit-oriented metropolises that have direct relevance to cities in developing countries and elsewhere that are currently investing in bus rapid transit (BRT) and other high-capacity transit systems. It also reports the results of two original in-depth case studies of rapidly growing and motorizing cities that introduced extended BRT systems: Ahmedabad, India and Bogota, Colombia. Two shorter case studies enrich the understanding of factors that are critical to transforming cities with transit.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cervero, Robert, Suzuki, Hiroaki, Iuchi, Kanako
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013-01-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT, ACCESSIBILITY, ACTIVE LIVING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AUTOMOBILE, AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP, AUTOMOBILES, BIKE PARKING, BIKE PARKING SPACES, BRIDGE, BROWNFIELDS, BUS, BUS LANES, BUS SERVICES, BUS STATIONS, BUS STOPS, BUS SYSTEMS, BUSES, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, CAR, CAR USE, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARS, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, CITIES, CITY BUS, CITY STREETS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMPLEX TASK, CONGESTION, CONGESTION CHARGES, CONGESTION PRICING, CONGESTION RELIEF, COST EFFECTIVENESS, COST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION, COST OF TRAVEL, COSTS OF SPRAWL, CYCLISTS, DEMAND FOR TRAVEL, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC VALUE, ECONOMICS, ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING, ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE, EMISSION, EMISSIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL, EXTERNALITIES, FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FLOOR AREA, FLOOR AREA RATIO, FLOOR SPACE, FREE ZONES, FREEWAY, FUEL, FUEL PRICES, FUEL SUBSIDIES, GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HEAVY RAIL, HEAVY RAIL SYSTEM, HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE, HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAYS, IMPACTS OF TRANSIT, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, INTERSECTIONS, JOURNEYS, LABOR FORCE, LAND TRANSPORT, LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, LAND USE, LAND-USE PLANNING, LIGHT RAIL, LIGHT RAIL LINE, LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS, MASS TRANSIT, MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY, METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY, MIXED USE, MOBILITY, MOBILITY OBJECTIVES, NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORT, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS, PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, PEDESTRIANS, PETROLEUM GAS, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION, POPULATION DENSITIES, POPULATION DENSITY, POPULATION GROWTH, PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL, PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES, PRIVATE PROPERTY, PRIVATE RAILWAYS, PROPERTY OWNERS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROPERTY TAXES, PROPERTY VALUES, PUBLIC PARKS, PUBLIC TRANSIT, PUBLIC TRANSIT USE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, QUALITY OF PEDESTRIAN, RADIAL CORRIDORS, RAIL, RAIL DEVELOPMENT, RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE, RAIL INVESTMENTS, RAIL LINES, RAIL SYSTEM, RAIL TRANSIT, RAILWAY COMPANIES, RAILWAY TERMINALS, RAILWAYS, RAPID TRANSIT, REGIONAL TRANSIT, REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM, RESETTLEMENT, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT-OF-WAY, RISK MANAGEMENT, ROAD, ROAD SYSTEM, ROADS, ROUTE, ROUTES, SANITATION, SMART GROWTH, SPEEDS, SPRAWL, STREET LIGHTS, STREETS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TAX, TAX REVENUE, TOLL, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC DEMAND, TRAINS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT AGENCIES, TRANSIT AGENCY, TRANSIT AUTHORITIES, TRANSIT CORRIDOR, TRANSIT CORRIDORS, TRANSIT DEMAND, TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT, TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSIT INVESTMENT, TRANSIT INVESTMENTS, TRANSIT OPERATIONS, TRANSIT PLANNING, TRANSIT POLICY, TRANSIT RIDERS, TRANSIT RIDERSHIP, TRANSIT SERVICES, TRANSIT STATION, TRANSIT STATIONS, TRANSIT STOPS, TRANSIT SYSTEM, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSIT USAGE, TRANSIT USE, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MODE, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT PLANNERS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND, TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, TRAVEL DEMAND, TRAVEL TIME, TRIP, TRIP ORIGINS, TRIPS, TRUE, TYPE OF TRANSPORT, UNDERGROUND, URBAN, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, URBAN GROWTH, URBAN PLANNERS, URBAN RAIL, URBAN SPRAWL, URBAN TRANSIT, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, URBANISM, VEHICLE, VEHICLE KILOMETERS, VEHICLES, WALKING,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17159621/transforming-cities-transit-transit-land-use-integration-sustainable-urban-development https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12233
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