Urban Transport in the OIC Megacities
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in non-European countries. NMT is very often considered in relation to urban poverty. Walking and
cycling are cheap modes of transport, especially in comparison with the use of a car. After decades of
decline in walking and cycling modal shares, many cities throughout the world recognize the
advantages of walking and cycling (e.g. low use of space, CO 2 neutral, contributes to a healthy life style)
and have developed cycling inclusive policies. Within an urban transport strategy, non-motorized
transport modes have often been seen as being complementary to the formalized public transport
system (as modes used before and/or after using public transport).
The results from this literature review are presented in the following sections:
 Definition of what is a megacity and identification of the 7 OIC megacities.
 Overview of global trends in world’s megacities.
 Analysis of worldwide megacities transport problems, solutions and their critical success
factors.
This report presents the results from the work in the following Chapters:
Chapter 2 – Current state in the OIC member states
Chapter 3 – Overview of global trends
Chapter 4 – 3 OIC case studies review.
Chapter 5 – SWOT analysis of OIC megacity transport issues
Chapter 6 – Conclusions and recommendations