Urban Transport Strategy. Management in Developing Countries John A Cracknell, страница 96

Department for International Development

World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review

Review of Experience in Traffic Management and

Demand Management in Developing Countries

Terms of Reference  3^rd.Draft

Background

1.  Over the last decade the World Bank has significantly increased its intervention in the urban transport sub-sector.  As a consequence the Transport Sector Board of the Bank has decided that the development of  a new urban transport strategy, consistent with the general transport policy framework and the new urban development strategy, should be a priority activity for FY 2000. The objective of the activity would be to review world-wide experience as the basis for providing operational guidance to the Bank urban transport activity for the next 10 years.  The proposed sector initiative is thus of the very highest strategic significance.

2.  The review to be undertakenunder these terms of reference will be one of a number of topic reviews commissioned in support of the World Bank Urban Transport Sector Review. While commissioned by DFID, the work will be supervised by urban transport staff of the World Bank to whom outputs will be submitted. It is intended that it will be widely disseminated, and shall be incorporated in the materials to be subject to consultation throughout the development community.

Objectives

3.  The purpose of this review is to examine experience and good practice in traffic management in developed and developing countries, with particular attention being given to the institutional requirements for sustainability.  A wide range of traffic management instruments and areas of application should be covered.  The review should cover the experience of the World Bank and, as far as practicable, other Donor Agencies, in the planning, design, implementation, operation and maintenance of traffic management measures in towns and cities in developing countries, as an aid to

(i)         determining the issues on traffic management to be discussed in the UTS review. (ii)       suggesting the strategy for traffic management to included in the UTS

In this context, the review should also consider whether there are traffic management measures and instruments currently being applied in the developed world which could have application in the developing world, but which so far are only finding limited use.

Scope of Work - Traffic Management.

4.  The review will be conducted by reviewing previous generic reports or sections of Bank reports, or reports by other donors.  It will be informed by the experience of the consultant in both developed and developing countries. Where appropriate, interviews should also be conducted with Bank (and other donor) task managers, and consultants with experience in traffic management in cities in developing countries. Specific topic areas to be covered are discussed below:

Past and current practices and trends in traffic management.

5.  What general trends emerge – what has happened to traffic management in urban areas in developing countries.  Is TM taken seriously or is it only practised if/when donors are present.  Is it traffic management or just traffic engineering?  Does TM have any professional kudos?  Is there an understanding of the traffic and economic benefits?  How does what has happened in developing countries compare with what happened in the early days of development of traffic management in the developed world?