Abstract
Everything has been built by people and for people. Transport which is a special complex system is the means by which all social activities as people traveling and goods conveying occur. How can transport be better built and how can it be developed to meet the needs of human life, to satisfy the increasing demand of the community in pursuing all their activities? To solve this, a number of measures are discussed — from the non-motorized to motorized transport; from mass public transports such as rail transports, buses, light rail transport to private ownership. All sides of these matters are considered: from building infrastructure such as expressways, ring road system to developing legislation. We will also be analyzing the experiences (successes and failures) of developed and developing cities such as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Manila, Nagoya and Jakarta toward building sustainable transport systems for people.
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Ieda, H. (2010). Building Transport Systems for People. In: Ieda, H. (eds) Sustainable Urban Transport in an Asian Context. cSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration, vol 9. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-93954-2_4
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