Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Chapter 6

Public Transport Planning in Urban Areas

6.1 Urban transport planning

The development of the 3Cs (continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive) is very impor-

tant in the planning and development of sustainable transportation infrastructure.

a) Continuing specifies that the planning process be ongoing, frequently reevaluating and

updating the transit plan to reflect changes in the urban area.

b) Cooperative is defined as the need for coordination not only between the various levels of

government (local, state, and central), but ...