WORLD TRANSPORT POLICY AND PRACTICE

This Earthscan reader is aimed at students, planners, business people and policy makers interested in researching or attempting to address the issues associated with world transport policy and practice. The contributions include: a foreword by E Penalosa outlining the transport crisis facing cities in Developing Countries with reference to Bogota, Colombia; the global transport problem by J Whitelegg and G Haq; four decades of road transport in Africa by E Akinyemi outlines failing road maintenance, inadequate and expensive public transport, high accident rates for vulnerable road users, and reform programmes involving financial aid; liveable streets for pedestrians in Nairobi- the challenge of road traffic accidents by M Khayesi; sustaining Africa's rural road networks- the asset management approach by J Howe;…