A Framework for Urban Transport Projects : Operational Guidance for World Bank Staff

This paper starts with a brief perspective on urban transport in developing countries, followed by a detailed presentation of an overall framework for making projects in this sector. Additional details on cities and projects used as case studies are given in the accompanying tables. The challenge for the Bank is to assist client cities in providing transport infrastructure and services that respond to demographic, spatial and economic growth in ways that balance the many different competing interests. Reflecting the importance that poverty and environmental factors are given in its development lending, the key strategic goal of the Bank is to protect and nurture public transport services and non-motorized transport modes, with underlying meta-objectives of equity and sustainability. In the policy dimension, the following approach features: (i) the equitable allocation of existing/new street space to protect and nurture public transport, and non-motorized modes; (ii) a for-the market rather than in the market, on the street competitive model for public transport, with services operated by the private sector under strong public regulation, and oversight; (iii) a financially viable public transport system, with affordable fares commensurate with costs, and any necessary subsidies targeted to those in need; (iii) appropriate user charges for urban roads (parking and traffic); and (iv) feedback from transport demand to resource mobilization from within the sector. The investment dimension of the approach is increasingly oriented towards the provision and rehabilitation of public transport systems operating on exclusive rights of way, both roadway and rail-based, because of their potential for efficient, high-quality services as well as for being a vehicle for progress on several policy fronts. The final chapter illustrates a variety of ways in which this framework is reflected in the design of actual Bank-funded urban transport projects.

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Main Author:	Mitric, Slobodan
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2008-01
Subjects:	ACCESS ROADS, ACCESSIBILITY, ACCIDENTS, AFFORDABLE FARES, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, ARTERIAL ROADS, AUTO TRIPS, BICYCLE PATHS, BICYCLES, BIKE PARKING, BIKEWAYS, BOTTLENECKS, BUS, BUS FLEET, BUS LANES, BUS NETWORK, BUS SERVICE, BUS USE, BUSES, CAPITAL SUBSIDIES, CAR, CAR OWNERSHIP, CAR OWNERSHIP RATES, CAR USE, CARS, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS, CITY STREETS, CLASSES OF VEHICLES, CLEAN FUELS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUTER RAIL, CONGESTION CHARGE, CONGESTION CHARGES, CONGESTION CHARGING, CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, COST OF ROAD USE, COSTS OF CONGESTION, COSTS OF VEHICLES, CROSSING, CYCLISTS, DRIVING, EMISSION, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EXPRESSWAYS, EXTERNALITIES, FARE AFFORDABILITY, FARE INCREASES, FARE REVENUE, FARES, FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, FIXED COSTS, FLEET REPLACEMENT, FLEETS, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FUEL, FUEL TAX, FUEL TAXATION, FUEL TAXES, GREENHOUSE GASES, HIGH FARES, HIGH TRANSPORT, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY INVESTMENT, HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INTERSECTIONS, LAND USE, LAND USE PATTERNS, LANES, LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS, LOCAL AIR POLLUTION, LOCAL AIR QUALITY, LONG-DISTANCE, MASS RAPID TRANSIT, MASS TRANSIT, MOBILITY, MODAL PLANNING, MODAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT, MODAL SPLIT, MODAL SYSTEM, MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE MOBILITY, MOTOR VEHICLES, MOTORWAYS, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT, MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, NOISE, PASSENGER TRAVEL, PASSENGER TRIPS, PASSENGERS, PASSENGERS PER HOUR, PATRONAGE, PEAK PERIODS, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS, PEDESTRIANS, POLLUTION COSTS, POPULATION GROWTH, PRIVATE MOTOR VEHICLES, PRIVATE TRANSPORT, PRIVATE VEHICLE, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT AUTHORITY, PUBLIC TRANSPORT FARES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT PASSENGERS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUBSIDIES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES, PUBLIC UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, RADIAL CORRIDORS, RAIL, RAIL NETWORK, RAILWAY, RAPID TRANSIT, RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS, RE-ALLOCATION OF ROAD, RE-ALLOCATION OF ROAD SPACE, RIGHT OF WAY, RING ROAD, RING ROADS, ROAD, ROAD BUILDING, ROAD CHARGES, ROAD DESIGN, ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD INVESTMENT, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD PROJECTS, ROAD SPACE, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROAD USER, ROAD USER CHARGES, ROAD USER CHARGING, ROADWAY, ROUTE, ROUTES, SAFETY, SIDEWALKS, SPEEDS, STREET PARKING, STREET PARKING CHARGES, STREET SPACE, STREETS, SUBURBS, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, TAX, TAXIS, TOLLS, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CALMING, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC GROWTH, TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, TRAFFIC POLICE, TRAFFIC RESTRAINT, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TRAM, TRAMWAY, TRANSIT INVESTMENTS, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES, TRANSPORT ACTIVITY, TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES, TRANSPORT COSTS, TRANSPORT DEMAND, TRANSPORT EMISSIONS, TRANSPORT EXPENDITURES, TRANSPORT FACILITIES, TRANSPORT FUNDING, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT MARKETS, TRANSPORT MODES, TRANSPORT NETWORK, TRANSPORT OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORT PROJECTS, TRANSPORT REGULATION, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT STRATEGY, TRANSPORT USERS, TRAVEL DEMAND, TRAVEL PATTERNS, TRAVEL TIME, TRAVEL TIMES, TRAVELERS, TRIP, TRUE, UNDERGROUND, URBAN ROAD, URBAN ROADS, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING, URBAN TRANSPORT POLICY, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, URBAN TRAVEL, VEHICLE, VEHICLE EMISSION, VEHICLE EMISSIONS, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, VEHICLE TRAFFIC, VEHICLE USE, VEHICLE USERS, WALKERS, WALKING, WEALTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/9159415/framework-urban-transport-projects-operational-guidance-world-bank-staff https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17411
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