TRANSPORTATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: OBVIOUS PROBLEMS, POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Abstract

Solving transportation problems is one of the chief tasks confronting governments in developing countries. Despite large expenditures on urban transport systems, ranging from 15 to 25% of their total annual expenditures, the current problems have not eased; on the contrary they seem to get worse. Developing countries, therefore, have a major crisis on their hands. The scale and nature of the mobility problem in the Third World and the role of nonmotorized and intermediate-type motorized modes in meeting the mobility needs of the growing population are discussed. Background on the transportation situation in developing countries is provided. The prevailing transport policies are examined, and the basic characteristics of nonmotorized and intermediate-type motorized transportation with respect to speed-distance-time relationships are described. City size and city form vis-a-vis nonmotorized transport are examined. What constitutes a good environment for nonmotorized and intermediate motorized modes is discussed, and transport projects that would benefit the poor are described.

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