TY - BOOK ID - 94189275 TI - Paving the way for better governance in urban transport : the Transport Governance Initiative AU - Sridhar, Kala Seetharam AU - Gadgil, Ranjit AU - Dhingra, Chhavi PY - 2020 SN - 9789811396229 9789811396205 PB - Singapore Springer DB - UniCat KW - Public economics KW - Transport. Traffic KW - Environmental planning KW - urban planning KW - urban transportation KW - Economic order KW - Economic policy and planning (general) KW - Economic conditions. Economic development KW - Economic geography KW - vrouw in de kunst KW - economische politiek KW - economische ontwikkelingen KW - geografie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:94189275 AB - This book presents an innovative democratic framework that ensures public participation, based on applying principles of good governance to facilitate urban transport decision-making in an integrated and structured manner. While – given the need for mobility in cities – transport is crucial for urban development, problems such as the fragmentation of institutions, decision-making, and unequal knowledge concentrations represent major hurdles to effective governance outcomes (especially those that go beyond technical and regulatory aspects). Substantial investments continue to be pumped into the urban transportation sector, with cities lacking the necessary capacities or governance mechanisms to ensure optimal returns on these investments. The book introduces the transport governance framework, which is intended to provide an integrated and structured approach to facilitate decision-making processes in the urban transport sector, focusing on how decisions are made rather than what decisions are made. It also discusses the initial testing of the framework in several cities across India. In addition, it examines the application of the TAPC (transparency, accountability, participation, and capacity building) principles of good governance to key aspects of urban transport – policy, planning, standards, budgets, execution, and regulation. ER -