Urban access for the 21st century finance and governance models for transport infrastructure

• Other Authors: Sclar, Elliott (Editor), Lonnroth, Mans (Editor), Wolmar, Christian (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2014
• Subjects: Urban transportation; Urban transportation > Economic aspects; Urban transportation policy > Developing countries; Urbanization; Urban transportation > Finance
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• Physical Description: xiv, 276 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780415720472; 9780415720496

This book sets out a road map for the provision of urban access for all. For most of the last century cities have followed a path of dependency on car dominated urban transport favouring the middle classes. Urban Access for the 21st Century seeks to change this. Policies need to be more inclusive of the accessibility needs of the urban poor. Change requires redesigning the existing public finance systems that support urban mobility. The aim is to diminish their embedded biases towards automobile-based travel. Through a series of chapters from international contributors, the book brings together expertise from different fields. It shows how small changes can incentivize large positive developments in urban transport and create truly accessible cities.