Barbara Gruehl Kipke

What is different?

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  • Prosperity - developing countries cannot afford so much (an automobile society is not payable)
  • shortage of foreign exchange
  • number of the passenger cars in proportion to population
  • even number of the bicycles in comparison to population often low
  • lower street density
  • lower space need for traffic 8% versus 40%
  • Overloading
  • quality of the streets often badly - Potholes galore! because no regular servicing
  • in developing countries no means of transportation choice has many citizens - they must walk!
  • Mobility of the women in comparison to mobility of the men
  • age pyramid: many young people in developing countries in comparison to many old people here
  • the FRG has car industry; Developing countries mostly not
  • missing traffic planning expert's assessment in the general
  • traffic projects are not financed from the outside -> co-determination of the financiers!
  • Driving style, climate relations, cultural factors (e.g. womens role) different to ours
and also from developing country to developing country there are big differences! Not all that would be different - common characteristics are, e.g.:
  • Time budget of the people briefly
  • everybody prefers comfortable traffic alternatives if all the other factors are regulated.

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