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1 online resource (121 pages) |
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OECD proceedings |
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OECD proceedings.
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| Contents |
Preface; Executive Summary; 1. Problems of urban travel; 2. The question of financing; 3. The question of acceptability of new infrastructure projects and of urban tolls; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I. Responding to urban travel problems; Chapter 1. From Problems to Solutions; List of Tables; Table 1. City characteristics (Optima study); Tabl e 2. Measures tested (Optima study); Table 3. Contributions to optimal strategies (Optima study); Table 4. Cities with measures included in optimal strategies (Optima study); Chapter 2. A Basis for the Strategy; List of Boxes |
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Examples: The Prado-Carnage and TEO projectsBox 1. The Paris urban area: the principle long-term objectives on transport; Box 2. Examples of combined transport modes in Canada; Box 3. France's urban transport plans; Box 4. The example of Seattle; Part II. Public/private partnerships: opportunities and problems; Chapter 3. Finding Suitable Financing; Box 5. Melbourne City Link; Table 5. Categories of financing model for road transport |
| Summary |
Congestion in cities is a problem of growing importance. New infrastructure for transport however often gives rise to conflicts about how the cost of new services will be met by the public, and about how the demand for travel can be reconciled with efforts to improve the social and environmental quality of life in cities. Unless these conflicts can be managed, public-private partnerships for investment in new infrastructure will be handicapped. The way forward requires a mix of strategies involving better information and communication with the public, better design of projects to take social a |
| Analysis |
City Transportation |
| Notes |
"Synthesis of work of the international seminar organised jointly by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Urban Affairs Division of the Territorial Development Service, the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Housing (France), Forward Study Unit of the Directorate for Economic and International Affairs, and the "Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations" (CDC, France)." |
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"Territorial economy"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban transportation -- Congresses.
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Urban transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses.
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Urban transportation -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Urban Affairs Division.
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| ISBN |
9264171207 |
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9264180893 (electronic bk.) |
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9789264171206 |
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9789264180895 (electronic bk.) |
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