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Traffic congestion: its economic and social consequences
(ECLAC, 2000-10)
Urban transport in the largest Latin American and Caribbean cities consumes about 3.5% of regional GDP — a percentage that is inflated by the effects of traffic congestion. In addition to the costs of congestion in terms ...
Measures for controlling traffic congestion
(ECLAC, 2001-10)
Traffic congestion has become a severe scourge in large cities, in both the industrialized and developing countries. Increasing demand for urban transport and transit has led to longer travel times, and a greater incidence ...
ECLAC contributes with new workshops towards the goal of easing traffic congestion
(ECLAC, 2002-06)
A number of cities in Latin America played host to workshops on measures for reducing traffic congestion, as part of efforts to publicize the results of a project recently completed by ECLAC, and which received support ...
Alternatives for controlling urban traffic congestion
(ECLAC, 1998-08)
Traffic congestion is nothing new in Latin American cities but has worsened in recent years. Eliminating it is a pipedream, but it should be brought under control. Many economists and transport planners think electronic ...
Traffic congestion: the problem and how to tackle it
(ECLAC, 2003-10)
As the culmination of a project financed by the Technical Cooperation Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ), ECLAC has just published Congestión de tránsito - El problema y cómo enfrentarlo, Cuadernos de la Cepal ...
Traffic congestion: the problem and how to deal with it
(ECLAC, 2003)
The text of 194 pages analyses the negative impacts of congestion and the multidisciplinary efforts that are needed to keep it under control, through the design of appropriate policies and measures. Congestion control is ...