Prioritising Dhaka’s Urban Transport System

The Transport-ticket System in Brazil for Urban Public Transport

The transport-ticket program was disposed at law in Brazil at end of 1985 but became compulsory for the companies only at the end of 1987.The program appeared to decrease the social tension at big cities caused by the poor functioning of the urban collective transport system, with crowd revolts and depredations. The program intends to facilitate the modernization and maintenance of quality o f ...

Urban transport

Data Flows in Urban Freight Transport Management System

Stakeholder perspective on urban transport system service quality

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The Political Economy of Urban Transport-System Choice

This paper analyzes the political economy of transport-system choice, with the goal of gaining an understanding of the forces involved in this important urban public policy decision. Transport systems pose a continuous trade-off between time and money cost, so that a city can choose a fast system with a high money cost per mile or a slower, cheaper system. The paper compares the socially optima...