[sustran] GTZ Sourcebook Module on Financing Sustainable Urban Transport is now out!

[SUTP Team]

Urban transport has historically not received the attention, careful 
planning and financial support it deserves in order to function in a 
sustainable manner. As a step to address this issue, this new  GTZ 
Sourcebook module provides detailed information on available options for 
financing urban transport. It presents different financing instruments 
and ways in which they can be best used, and how to optimally combine 
them. This module is dedicated to policy makers, financial sector 
specialists and urban planners/practitioners working on key challenges 
related to financing urban transport systems. The module provides 
options to close the gap between the ever growing demand for efficient, 
equitable and environmentally friendly urban transport systems on one 
hand, and the dwindling financial resources available to state and local 
authorities on the other.

In this module, the author, Mr. Ko Sakamoto, Senior Transport Consultant 
at the UK Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) and an expert in the field 
of finance,  builds upon work done earlier by Dr. Gerhard Metschies. 
This document also has substantial research inputs by Mr.Stefan Belka, GTZ.

The module covers the following subject areas:

-The importance of finance in sustainable urban transport (Why is 
financing important, who is involved and what is the scale of resources?)
-The double challenge: financing sustainable urban transport, 
sustainably (What is a sustainable urban transport system, how can it be 
financed and what are the barriers need to be acknowledged?)
-Approaches towards a sustainable system (Understanding and managing the 
financial requirements & the various financing options and mechanisms)
-Financing Instruments at local, national and international level
-Optimally combining the financial options
-Summary of key points and necessary actions

The publication contains 98 illustrated pages, 19 tables, 58 boxes and 
42 figures. Additionally it provides further reading and links on 
financing & pricing and climate funds issues.

The module is available for download from 
http://www.sutp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2293&Itemid=1&lang=en

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