Urban Transport Data Analysis Tool : User's Manual
The urban population in the developing world is expected to more than double by the middle of the twenty-first century, from 2.3 billion in 2005 to 5.3 billion in 2050. Large cities are growing very rapidly, and services are struggling to keep up....
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| Format: | ESMAP Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20133572/urban-transport-data-analysis-tool-ut-dat-users-manual http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20087 |
| Summary: | The urban population in the
developing world is expected to more than double by the
middle of the twenty-first century, from 2.3 billion in 2005
to 5.3 billion in 2050. Large cities are growing very
rapidly, and services are struggling to keep up. In
particular, some cities have been overwhelmed by the
increase in travel demand. The result has been a turn to
private vehicles, an increase in fossil fuel consumption,
and a subsequent rise in greenhouse gas emissions and
pollution levels. This has also led to congestion, making it
increasingly difficult for goods and people to move from
place to place, as well as an increasing incidence of road
crashes. The net effect is a decrease in the health and
well-being of urban dwellers as well as the economic
efficiency of the cities that they live in. It is essential
that the growing needs of urban mobility be met more
efficiently. There is an urgent need for planning for urban
mobility that not only provides the required capacity to
meet growing demand but does so in a manner that minimizes
the energy used. Mitigation efforts in most cities have
addressed the symptoms rather than the underlying causes.
Cities have tried to deal with congestion by widening their
roads or building mass transit systems, without first
looking at whether the city needs additional road/mass
transit capacity or whether it needs other interventions
like improved intersection design or improved road maintenance. |
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