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economic growth in Tunisia. The authors recognizing that transport and energy intensity
minimization may best be done under the direction of a single transport sector management
entity. In conclusion, very few OIC Member States have transport policies and do not exercise a
holistic approach to transport sector management.
2.3.3. Institutional and Organizational Factors outside OIC Geography
In a well entitled paper ‘Planning more to travel less’, Banister (1999) underlines that land use
and transport are inextricably linked. That the work of the transport planner and indeed the
transport policy maker is to maximize accessibility while minimizing mobility. Clearly the
spatial dimension is key to driving transport demand. The institutional response to this in
developed countries is to establish multi-dimensional entities that are variously called transport
authorities or land use and transport agencies. A transport authority is a pseudo government
agency that is empowered to regulate and administer transport and sometimes land use, in,
normally, metropolitan and urban areas. Examples are set out i
Table 2: National and Urban Transport Authorities – Small Sample
Name of
Organisation
Country Function URL
Transport for
West Midlands
United
Kingdom
Planning regulating public transport,
Road provision and management
Transport for
London
United
Kingdom
Planning regulating public transport,
Road provision and management
Los Angeles
County
Metropolitan
Transportation
Authority
United
States
Public Transport Provision, road rail,
BRT, bike share and car pool, freeway
and expressway projects
New York
Metropolitan
Transport
Authority
United
States
Road Rail Water Transportation
planning maintenance operation and
user information
Ireland
National
Transport
Authority
Republic
of
Ireland
SPSV services PT control / services,
information, infrastructure, policy,
planning, land use, parking and
enforcement
Beijing
Municipal
Commission of
Transportation
China Transport Sector Policies and
regulations, Studies and Plans, macro
city planning, road layouts, funding,
technical standards, traffic
management.
4 URL in footer.
New Zealand
Transport
Agency
New
Zealand
National Land Transport Programme,
Vehicle Licensing and Control,
Walking, Cycling and Public
Transport, road rail commercial
driving
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