ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the lessons for urban management in developing countries, drawing on the experience of the countries and cities in East Asia. Rural-to-urban migration is one aspect of urbanization that is often singled out for special concern by policymakers because of its supposedly detrimental aspects, and some East Asian countries have experimented with measures to curb migration. The urban transport system plays a central role in facilitating efficient and equitable city growth, as it provides the essential link between residence and employment, and between producers and users of goods and services. The crucial issues of urban transport policy revolve around control over the ownership and use of private automobiles; decisions regarding public investment, pricing, financing, and regulation of urban transport. Improved traffic management probably affords the least expensive but often a highly effective means of dealing with the urban transport problem. Most of the attention to and investment in urban transport tends to go to motorized traffic.
