Urban transport planning and management / by A.K . Jain

Part 1: Introduction--
1. Introduction--
2: Current conditions of urban transport in developing countries--
2. Current transport and traffic conditions in developing countries; Introduction; The Availability of Transport Infrastructure and Means; Mobility and the Use of Transport Modes; Current Travel Conditions; Summary--
3: How it happened--
3. Sociological and political approaches to transport. Comparing Traditional and Proposed ApproachesThe Basic Outline for a Sociological Approach--
4. The organization of urban space; Major Social and Political Forces and Constraints; Life, Mobility and Reproduction--
5. The city, the circulation system and urban transport policies; The City as a Built Environment; Reproduction and Transport; The Built Environment and Transport Policies--
6. The use of roads: the microphysics of space; Introduction; The Traditional Approach to Traffic Management; In Search of a New Approach; Consequences for Policy Analysis; Conclusion--
7. The political issue: agents in urban transport policyThe State and the Decision-Making Process; Agents in the Decision-Making Process--
8. The institutional issue; Urban Policies and Development; Urban Planning; Transport Planning; Traffic Management; How the Three Intervention Techniques Coexist; Conflicts in Policy Coordination: Examples--
9. The technical issue: traditional transport planning; Introduction; The Traditional Transport Planning Process; Critical Approaches to Conventional Transport Planning; The Transport Planning Process in Developing Countries--
10. Non-motorized transport. PedestriansCyclists--
11. Public transport; General Characteristics; Current Public Transport forms --
an Overview; A General Framework of Public Transport Regulation; Conclusion--
12. Private transport; Roots of the Issue; The Demand for Private Transport --
A Social and Economic Approach; State, Industry and Middle-Class Interests; The Use of Private Modes: Urban and Transport Conditions; The Making of New Middle-Class Cities--
13. Mobility; Mobility Factors; Mobility Issues--
14. Space, environment and energy; Transport Externalities; Space; Environment; Energy; Congestion; Combined Effects--
15. Traffic accidentsCurrent Conditions; A Social Perspective: Who Hits Whom; Alternative Approaches to Understanding Current Conditions--
16. The urban transport crisis in developing countries; Understanding Current Conditions; The Myths Which Sustained Traditional Intervention Techniques; Tendencies--
Part 4: Proposals--
17. Policy assumptions and principles; Introduction; Transport, Economic Development and Equity; Transport, Sustainability and Equity; Policy Constraints; Principles for Transport Policies in Developing Countries; 18. Proposals for urban planning.

Traditional transport planning has generated transport systems that propagate an unfair distribution of accessibility and have environmental and safety issues. This book highlights the importance of social and political aspects of transport policy and provides a methodology to support this approach. It emphasizes the importance of co-ordinating urban, transport and traffic planning, and addresses the major challenge of modifying the building and use of roads. The author makes suggestions for innovative and radical new measures towards an equitable and sustainable urban environment.