Traffic and Transportation for Sustainable Environment Mobility and Access: Application of a Comprehensive and Integrated Approach to Policy Developme

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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9789211200874 ISBN: 9211200873 Label: United Nations Publications Manufacturer: United Nations Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 150 Publication Date: 2003-03 Publisher: United Nations Publications Studio: United Nations Publications
Editorial Reviews: It is now recognized that transport policies and plans produced through the traditional top-down approach tend to over-emphasize the supply-side traffic engineering solutions, while ignoring the importance and cost effectiveness of demand management and other approaches which are more participatory in nature. Considering the potentials for success of a participatory approach in Bangkok, particularly for policy choices involving harder issues, the Rattanakosin Project was conceived as a pilot project aimed at making specific contributions to the overall solutions of the traffic and transportation problems in the area, and to share the lessons learned about this approach with other countries in the region. After an introductory section, this report has been organized into two main parts. The first part concerns actions to institutionalize participatory approaches to planning and development. The second part of the report deals with specific actions for consideration that could be undertaken to address some of the major issues and problems mainly related to traffic and transportation in Rattanakosin. This part contains twelve integrated action plans to deal with the identified major issues in transportation in a comprehensive and integrated manner.