Citation

Dimitriou HT. Transp. Res. Rec. 1993; 1396: 50-56.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

A developmental approach to planning for nonmotorized movement in urban areas is advocated as a basis for the formulation of more acceptable and appropriate policy frameworks for transportation systems in Third World cities. To Illustrate some of the points raised, general reference will be made to Asian countries, and specific reference to Indonesia. Given current changes in emphasis toward environmentally more conscious planning and the needs of the urban poor, three areas of concern are highlighted: the call for a recognized and planned role for nonmotorized urban transportation systems within the broader spectrum of urban transportation networks; the need to acknowledge the productive and survival-support functions of nonmotorized transportation and identify ways that may be used to better assess them; and the requirement to link planned attempts at meeting nonmotorized travel needs with urban development planning and environmental protection efforts. Addressing these areas of concern by means of advocating a developmental approach to urban transportation planning, as opposed to an accommodative approach, offers an opportunity to reshape policy making and planning for urban transportation in a way whereby broader goals of sustainable development can be better achieved. An apporach of this kind pays more attention to the "lowerarchy" of city transportation systems traditionally ignored by conventional planning and so important to nonmotorized movement.

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1993/1396/1396-010.pdf

Language: en

Keywords

Developing countries; Planning; Nonmotorized transportation; Urban planning