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Title: ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION
Accession Number: 00713601
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The use of nonmotorized transportation (NMT) is not an indication of underdevelopment. Instead, higher levels of nonmotorized vehicle use can have a positive impact on economic growth. Extensive use of NMT may be one factor explaining higher domestic savings and investment rates in Asia, which in turn are related to the region's superior growth performance. Conversely, the relative lack of nonmotorized vehicle use in Africa may be related to lower levels of domestic savings and immobility among the poor. The availability of intermediate, appropriate transportation technologies has important economic advantages, which is demonstrated. The economic benefits of nonmotorized vehicle use are largely overlooked in most cost-benefit procedures because they ignore nonmotorized modes. The economic benefits of nonmotorized transport are investigated from macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1487, Nonmotorized Transportation Research, Issues, and Use. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01399783
Language: English
Authors: Hook, WalterPagination: p. 14-21
Publication Date: 1995
Serial: ISBN: 0309061504
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Nov 28 1995 12:00AM
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