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Urban Transport Governance and Institutional Framework

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This chapter focuses on urban transport governance. We summarize the existing studies on urban transport, and position our work uniquely in the context of the existing research. The chapter elaborates on why urban transport as a sector is important to focus upon. Summarizing the studies on general transport governance, we find that it is an important sector that cannot be ignored, especially because of its network effects, but has to be made sustainable. Regarding institutional arrangements for urban transport, we find mere merging of transport and land-use departments without their holistic consideration does not work. But we find collaborative/cooperative governance works. While we find the presence of both public and private operators in public transport systems creates competition, there has to be an appropriate institutional framework for public–private partnerships (PPPs) to work, given the limited resources for the government in emerging economies, to make them inclusive and participatory.

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  1. Centre for Research in Urban Affairs (CRUA), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Kala Seetharam Sridhar

  2. Parisar, Pune, Maharashtra, India

    Ranjit Gadgil

  3. WRI India, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

    Chhavi Dhingra

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Seetharam Sridhar, K., Gadgil, R., Dhingra, C. (2020). Urban Transport Governance and Institutional Framework. In: Paving the Way for Better Governance in Urban Transport. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9620-5_2

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