Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Chapter 5

Public Transport Planning in Rural Areas

5.1 Planning strategy

Planning strategy depends upon a number of issues such as the spread of rural areas across

the country, the resource base of a rural settlement, the population and growth rate of

population, the distance between a settlement and nearby agricultural, industrial, and

administrative growth centers, and the current accessibility levels to these growth centers.

Thus public transport planning in rural areas is a complex phenomenon. It is quite difficult

to consider each ...