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This Earthscan reader is aimed at students, planners, business people and policy makers interested in researching or attempting to address the issues associated with world transport policy and practice. The contributions include: a foreword by E Penalosa outlining the transport crisis facing cities in Developing Countries with reference to Bogota, Colombia; the global transport problem by J Whitelegg and G Haq; four decades of road transport in Africa by E Akinyemi outlines failing road maintenance, inadequate and expensive public transport, high accident rates for vulnerable road users, and reform programmes involving financial aid; liveable streets for pedestrians in Nairobi- the challenge of road traffic accidents by M Khayesi; sustaining Africa's rural road networks- the asset management approach by J Howe; southeast Asian urban transport- a kaleidoscope of challenges and choices by P Barter highlights various transport issues in seven cities; automobile dependence in Bangkok- an international comparison with implications for planning policies by J Kenworthy; Kolkata City- an urban air pollution perspective; road infrastructure investment in Bangladesh - environment under threat? by J Howe; back on track? Will Australia return to rail? by P Laird and P Newman; A wish called wander- reclaiming automobility from the motor car by I Ker and P Tranter; urban transport policy paradoxes in Australia by P Mees; European regional transport issues by F Goodwin; the furture of public transport- the dangers of viewing policy through rose-tinted spectacles by M Hillman; new roads generate new traffic by R Pfleiderer and M Dietrich; car-free households- who lives without an automobile today? by U Reutter and O Reutter; urban transport in Latin America by E Vasconcellos; car-sharing in Latin America- examining the prospects in Santiago by C Zegras and R Gakenheimer; the urban transportation crisis indeveloping countries- alternative policies for an equitable space by E Vasconcellos; regional transport issues in North America by T Litman; the North American growth fixation and the Inner City- roads of excess by C.Leo; prospects for sustainable transportation in the Pacific Northwest: a comparison of Vancouver, Seattle and Portland; transport in the Middle East by E Fletcher; deaths resulting from the trans-Israel highway and alternatives by G Ginsberg, E Ben-Michael, S Reingold, E Fletcher and E Richter; the status of transportation in the West Bank by H Maoh and J Isaac; and new directions in world transport policy and practice by J Whitelegg and G Haq.