Evaluation Of Urban Transport With International Examples

Abstract

The story of urbanization and transportation is as ancient as human history. Throughout history, people have been established

their habitats near rivers, intersection points of roads and trade routes in alignment with strategical, cultural points or martial

policies. Almost all of these are directly or indirect transportation elements. One needs to evaluate samples from different

geographies comparatively to realize planning improvement. In this context, Turkey’s cities, especially major of them such as

Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, and Bursa do not manifest uniform topographies and characteristics. Hence, it is beneficial to evaluate

cities in other locations which resemble Turkey's cities to obtain different perspectives.

Keywords

• Economy; Mass Transportation; Infrastructure; Transportation System; Urbanization

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