The Case for Cycling Infrastructure Investments presents CyclingMax, a cost-benefit analysis tool designed to assist decision-makers in evaluating investments in cycling infrastructure. The report highlights...
This report explores the key challenges to women’s employment in the transport sector and provides recommendations for how stakeholders can tackle gender gaps and increase women’s representation in the...
The climate change crisis makes Paris Alignment of the transport sector one of the most pressing development challenges. Transport emissions are rising at a higher rate in low- and middle-income countries...
In 2021-23, the World Bank conducted regional analytical work under the Support for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones) in Projects and Operations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Advisory Services...
South Africa’s abundant renewable energy resources, strategic maritime location, and comprehensive port system position it to become a global supplier of alternative marine fuels. Marine fuel - a key downstream...
This playbook presents an end-to-end roadmap of elements and activities that underpin ecosystems capable of supporting safe and sustainable high-frequency drone operations The focus is on enabling operations...
The report (Volume 1) is structured in the following way: The first section provides an overview of the condition of the physical infrastructure and some of the challenges in maintaining and improving...
This study attempts to relate the policy and good practice literature on urban and suburban passenger rail, much of which originates from high- or middle-income countries to the context of developing cities...
The report (Volume 1) is structured in the following way: The first section provides an overview of the condition of the physical infrastructure and some of the challenges in maintaining and improving...
Transport is quickly evolving, adapting, shaping, and being shaped by global megatrends, promoting energy efficiency and environmental quality. The transportation system enables access to essential services...
With increased urbanization and economic growth, cities across the world must find ways to meet urban mobility demands while ensuring transportation is affordable and emissions that contribute to climate...
This report examines the opportunities to decouple growth in logistics activity from growth in GHG emissions, synthesizing existing evidence on potential GHG mitigation measures. It focuses on nonurban...
The path to low-carbon urban transport looks fundamentally different in developed and developing countries. Most cities in developing countries have not yet developed their land use and transportation...
A transport improvement has the potential to create social value over and above the transport user-benefits. Such benefits can be referred to as wider economic impacts (WEIs). This study, in line with...
Value of travel time savings (VTTS) is an indispensable parameter that plays a pivotal role in the development of comprehensive transport management strategies and informs evidence-based decision-making...
Electric mobility has garnered growing interest and significant momentum across several major global markets, often motivated by transport sector decarbonization. Together, Europe, China, and the United...
The air transport sector is an integral part of economic growth and development. As the only available means of transporting passengers and goods across the globe within a single day, air transport provides...
Transport connectivity is critical for economic recovery from the pandemic and the region’s overall economic growth over the long term, and yet transport costs and nontariff trade barriers in Central America...
The WBG identified business models and financing instruments to enable greater private investment in road safety and engaged a team of consultants from Dalberg Advisors and Cardno to further evaluate their...
Across the developing world, countries are experiencing rapid growth in urbanization and motorization. While high motorization rates potentially mean that more people will be able to claim the benefits...