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U RBAN T RANSPORT , E NVIRONMENT AND E QUITY

The Case for Developing Countries

Eduardo Alcntara Vasconcellos

DEDICATION

To Mahatma Gandhi, Paulo Freire and Nelson Mandela, and the light of fraternity they have tended.

To people in developing countries who are struggling to be accepted as human beings.

To my childhood friends, in memory of the time when we were allowed to walk, chat and play football on the streets of Brazil.

First published in the UK and USA in 2001 by

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This edition published 2013 by Earthscan

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Copyright Eduardo A Vasconcellos, 2001

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978-1-85383-727-2 (pbk)

Cover design by Danny Gillespie

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vasconcellos, Eduardo Alcntara de, 1952-.

Urban transport, environment and equity: the case for developing countries/Eduardo Alcntara Vasconcellos.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index.

ISBN 1-85383-726-1 (cloth) ISBN 1-85383-727-X (pbk.)

1. Urban transportation-Developing countries. 2. Urban transportation- Environmental aspects-Developing countries. 3. Urban transport policy-Developing countries. I. Title.

HE311.D44 V37 2001

388.4091724-dc21

2001023295

TABLES

FIGURES

BOXES

AADT	annual average daily traffic
ANFAVEA	Associao Nacional de Fabricantes de Veculos Automotores
ANPET	Associao Nacional de Pesquisa e Ensino em Transportes
ANIP	Associao Nacional de Transportes Pblicos
ASC	average social cost
BID	Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
CBD	central business district
CEPAL	Comission Economica para la America Latina
CERTU	Centre Dtudes sur les Rseaux, les Transports, LUrbanisme et les Construction Publiques
CET	Cia de Engenharia de Trfego
CETESB	Cia de Tecnologia de Saneamento Ambiental
CMSP	Cia do Metropolitano de So Paulo
CMTC	Cia Municipal de Transportes Coletivos
CNG	compressed natural gas
CO	carbon monoxide
CO2	carbon dioxide
DENATRAN	Departamento Nacional de Trnsito
DERSA	Desenvolvimento Rodovirio SA
DETRAN	Departamento Estadual de Trnsito
ECMT	European Commission of Ministers of Transport
ERR	economic rate of return
FABUS	Sindicato das Empresas Encarroadoras de nibus
FAPESP	Fundao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo
GWP	global warming potential
HC	hydrocarbons
HCM	Highway Capacity Manual
IBGE	Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica
IIT	Indian Instittute of Technology
ILD	Instituto Libertad y Democracia
INRETS	Institut National de Recherch sur les Transports et leur Scurit
IPEA	Instituto de Pesquisa Econmica Aplicada
IPPUC	Instituto de Planejamento e Projeto de Curitiba
IPEA	Instituto de Pesquisa Econmica Aplicada?
ITE	Institute of Transportation Engineers
ITS-UCD	Institute of Tranportation Studies, University of California at Davis
IUIDP	integrated urban infrastructure development programming
LA	Latin America
LRT	light rail transit
MJ/pass-km	mega-joules per passenger kilometre
MSC	marginal social cost
MTW	motorized two-wheeler
NMT	non-motorized transport
NMV	non-motorized vehicles
NOx	nitrogen oxide
NTU	Associao Nacional das Empresas de Transportes Urbanos
OD	origin-destination
OECD	Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PM	particulate matter
SEADE	Fundao Estadual de Anlise de dados
SETRA	Service Dtudes Techniques des Routes et Autoroutes
SIMR	Medium to long term road improvement plan
SMT	Secretaria Municipal de Transportes
SOx	sulphur oxide
SO2	sulphur dioxide
SP	suspended particles
SPM	suspended particulate matter
SPTRANS	So Paulo Transporte SA
SPURT	Seventh Plan Urban and Regional Transport
SWOV	Institute for road safety research
TB	time budget
TRB	Transportation Research Board

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