原文传递
URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY FOR COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
| 题名： | URBAN TRANSPORT STRATEGY FOR COLOMBO, SRI LANKA. |
| 作者： | Mitric-S |
| 关键词： | Bus-transit; Colombo-Sri-Lanka; Financing-; Government-transportation; Intergovernmental-relations; Low-income-groups; Markets-; Pricing-; Private-enterprise; Rapid-transit; Regulation-; Social-service; Strategic-planning; Urban-transportation |
| 摘要： | International sharing of urban transport experiences may be beneficial for practice and help give form to a concept of strategy. Main problems and issues of urban transport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, were identified, and a strategy was proposed for improving the performance of the transport system for travelers and its impacts on urban development. On the streets of Colombo, buses compete for scarce space with passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. Crossing bicycle riders and pedestrians have an even more difficult time. Privately operated buses dominate the passenger market, complemented by three public-sector operators, the survivors of several waves of reorganizations and reforms. Both groups of operators suffer from having to charge low fares and from increasing street congestion, but private operators freely manage their staff and vehicles and do not follow prescribed routes, stops, and frequencies. Strategic issues involve the pricing of services in the presence of two distinct markets (low-income travelers and those who own or aspire to own a vehicle) and two inconsistent regulatory regimes, the absence of reserved street space for public transport vehicles, and intergovernmental relations concerning jurisdiction and funding for urban transport modes. Pivotal propositions involve redefining the government role as regulator of public transport services; using the social assistance system to help low-income travelers (thus liberating fare making); upgrading the suburban lines of Sri Lanka Railways into a separate, high-quality, regional rapid transit network; and adopting a regionally oriented road pricing and financing system. |
| 总页数： | Transportation Research Record. 2002. (1799) pp66-71 (6 Ref.) |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
相关文献
- Transnational Organized Crime and New Terrorism in Sri Lanka: A Nexus.
- Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road-Tires from China, India, and Sri Lanka. Investigation Nos. 701-TA-551-553 and 731-TA-1307-1308 (Preliminary).
- Report of the Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Mission, 5 February-20 April 1985. Main Report.
- Lowering the legal BAC limit should be encouraged in the USA as an international evidence shows it saves lives and resources.
- Youth involvement in traffic accidents in Japan - new trends.
- Report of the Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) Mission, 5 February-20 April 1985. Appendices.
检索历史
应用推荐
