Metropolitan Transportation Planning in the 1990s: Comparisons and Contrasts in New Zealand, Chile and California

C.R. Rivasplata and R.W. Lee
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C.R. Rivasplata: University of California, Davis
R.W. Lee: California Polytechnic State University

No UCD-ITS-REP-01-04, Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Abstract: This article reviews major events and trends in metropolitan transportation planning and policy during the 1990s in three divergent Pacific Rim jurisdictions: New Zealand, Chile, and California. Major metropolitan areas in each country have seen rising motorization, increasing congestion, and privatization of transportation services. Devolution of transportation planning responsibility has occurred; to a lesser degree, funding responsibility has been devolved from central to regional/local government. New Zealand pushed privatization harder in the 1990s than either Chile or California. While no dominant model of transportation planning has emerged, metropolitan-level planning has become more prominent in each country studies.

Keywords: New Zealand; Chile; California; transportation; planning; policy; metropolitan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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