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Metropolitan Transportation Institutions : Six Case Studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, and the United States

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-28T22:10:08Z
dc.date.available2014-03-28T22:10:08Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.description.abstractTransportation has always played a fundamental role in the formation of cities. Ports evolved where rivers flowed into the ocean or at the confluence of major rivers; sleepy outposts at the junction of major roads became bustling trading hubs. Although this relationship between transportation and development has been evident since the creation of the earliest urban societies, all previous conceptions of the city were made obsolete by the advent of the industrial revolution. The transportation challenges raised by this new city centered on congestion. Early forms of transit provided some relief, but as motor vehicles became common place, existing urban streets were overwhelmed. As roadways were enlarged and expressways constructed, the population of new suburbs expanded and the automobile became the dominant form of transportation in many developed cities. To address issues at this scale, cities and countries around the world have developed new institutions that sit between the scale of local and higher order governments. The example of Boston, presented in the accompanying figure, is illustrative. The city of Boston has a population of 620,000, but its metropolitan area is commonly defined to include 101 cities and towns with 4.5 million total residents. An organization known as a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) that covers the territory of all the cities and towns in the region has been created to coordinate planning of major transportation investments. The primary purpose of the current study is to provide an overview of the ways in which systems of metropolitan transportation governance are organized in a six different countries in order that these systems might provide models for World Bank client countries currently developing institutions for managing urban transport problems. The best method for understanding how each of these systems operates is consulting the county case studies provided in the final section. This study is organized as follows. The first section presents an overview of several themes that run through the cases. In the subsequent sections, each case is reviewed individually.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/16978294/metropolitan-transportation-institutions-six-case-studies-australia-brazil-canada-france-germany-united-states
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/17491
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17491
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesA South Asia transport working paper;
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCONGESTION
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.subjectMETROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectMPO
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectSUBURBS
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS
dc.subjectTRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ORGANIZATION
dc.titleMetropolitan Transportation Institutions : Six Case Studies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Statesen
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okr.date.disclosure2012-11-20
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-05T12:50:48.610988Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/03/16978294/metropolitan-transportation-institutions-six-case-studies-australia-brazil-canada-france-germany-united-states
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.guid364891468050984835
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000356161_20121120042021
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16978294
okr.identifier.report73717
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2012/11/20/000356161_20121120042021/Rendered/PDF/NonAsciiFileName0.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.sectorUrban Transport
okr.sectorTransportation
okr.themeUrban planning and housing policy
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Pollution management and environmental health
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resources management :: Climate change
okr.themeCity-wide Infrastructure and Service Delivery
okr.themeEnvironment and natural resource management
okr.themeUrban development
okr.topicUrban Development::Transport in Urban Areas
okr.topicUrban Development::Municipal Financial Management
okr.topicRoads and Highways
okr.topicUrban Transport
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitTransport (SASDT)
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