Urban access for the 21st century [electronic resource] : finance and governance models for transport infrastructure / edited by Elliott D. Sclar, Mans Lonnroth and Christian Wolmar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. An introduction to the challenge of financing urban access / Elliot D. Sclar and Mans Lonnroth -- 2. Towards a political-economics of finance for urban access / Elliot D. Sclar -- 3. Social inequalities in urban access : better ways of assessing transport improvements / Sylvie Fol and Caroline Gallez -- 4. Access as a social good and as an economic good : is there a need for a paradigm shift? / Rosario Macario -- 5. Opportunities for transport financing through new technologies : state of the art and research needs / Jonas Eliasson -- 6. Assessing the diversity of schemes for financing urban access and mobility in preparation for a comparative study / Jose M. Viegas -- 7. Public transport : the challenge of formal and informal systems / Eduardo A. Vasconcellos -- 8. Reflections on the usefulness of accessibility as a lens through which to consider the evaluation of transportation and land use policies and projects / Fred Salvucci -- 9. Accessibility andtTransportation funding / Fred Salvucci -- 10. technology and information technology : living with and paying for sustainable access / Robert E. Paaswell -- 11. Conclusions : the end of the paradigm / Elliot D. Sclar and Mans Lonnroth.