Transforming Cities with Transit

Transit and Land-Use Integration for Sustainable Urban Development

Hiroaki Suzuki, Robert Cervero, Kanako Iuchi

• Publisher: World Bank
• Year: 2013
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9780821397459
• Subtopic: Infrastructure
• Index: Business

This study explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. It first identifies barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of transit infrastructure and urban development. It then recommends a set of policies and implementation measures for overcoming these barriers and exploiting these opportunities. Well-integrated transit and land development create urban forms and spaces that reduce the need for travel by private motorized vehicles. Areas with good access to public transit and well-designed urban spaces that are walkable and bikeable become highly attractive places for people to live, work, learn, play, and interact. Such environments enhance a city's economic competitiveness, reduce local pollution and global greenhouse gas emissions, and promote inclusive development. These goals are at the heart of transit-oriented development (TOD), an urban form that is increasingly important to sustainable urban futures. This book uses a case study approach. It draws lessons from global best-case examples of transit-oriented metropolises that have direct relevance to cities in developing countries and elsewhere that are currently investing in bus rapid transit (BRT) and other high-capacity transit systems. It also reports the results of two original in-depth case studies of rapidly growing and motorizing cities that introduced extended BRT systems: Ahmedabad, India and Bogota, Colombia. Two shorter case studies enrich the understanding of factors that are critical to transforming cities with transit.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Abbreviations
• Glossary
• Message to City Leaders in Developing Countries
• Overview
• 1. Introduction: Critical Challenges Facing Cities and Urban Transport
• 2. Lessons from Sustainable Transit-Oriented Cities
• 3. Integrating Transit and Urban Development in Cities in the Developing World
• 4. Toward Sustainable Urban Futures
• Index
• Boxes
• Figures
• Tables