Problem
Inappropriate transport policy
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Inappropriate transportation models Nature:
Governmental policies are failing to keep pace with the growth in traffic which is adding to the problems of air pollution, climate change, noise, congestion and biodiversity/habitat loss.
Incidence:
The majority of Third World people get around on foot. In African countries like Kenya, more than 90% of rural trips are made on foot; less than three percent by car or bus. Cars are owned almost exclusively by businessmen, bureaucrats and foreigners. However, the World Bank, for example, spends $100 million on urban transport every year; most of that is car-related. Of the $2.1 billion spent in 1985 on transport, miniscule amounts were spent on non-motorized vehicles. The long-term effect of World Bank programmes has been to encourage transport systems which are both capital and energy intensive.
Broader Problems:
Inappropriate policiesInadequate models of socio-economic development Narrower Problems:
Road traffic restrictionsDiscouragement of bicyclesInadequate transport planningInadequate integration of transport systemsInadequate transportation facilities for rural communities Related Problems:
Distortionary tax systemsUnmaintained private vehiclesInadequately trained personnelInefficient public administrationMaldistribution of private automobilesLimited availability of transport funding Aggravates:
Unmaintained private vehiclesInadequately trained personnelInadequate transport infrastructureLack of transport vehicles Strategies:
Developing transport infrastructures References:
Renner, Michael: Rethinking the Role of the AutomobileReplogle, Michael: Sustainable Transport Strategies for Third World DevelopmentWorld Bank: Urban Transport Policy StudyFlick, James: The Car CultureBarde, Jean-Philippe and Button, Kenneth: Transport Policy and the Environment: six case studies Subject(s):
Communication → CommunicationsCybernetics → Modelling
Policy-making → Policy
Transportation, Telecommunications → Transportation
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
C: Cross-sectoral problems Date of last update
16.10.2021 – 10:59 CEST