{"id":2630,"date":"2019-05-24T08:40:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T08:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2630"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:18","slug":"how-traffic-slows-urban-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/05\/24\/how-traffic-slows-urban-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"How Traffic Slows Urban Economies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>by REUTERS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spiraling\ntraffic and poor urban planning could rob developing countries of opportunities\nand jam economic progress in fast-growing cities, a study published on Thursday\nfound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As more people\nflock to cities, congested roads, expensive commutes and a lack of reliable\ntransport options are disrupting urban economies and affecting quality of life,\nsaid a report by the World Resources Institute, a global research organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCities need to\nshift from a primary focus on moving traffic faster and accommodating more\nvehicles to prioritizing access for all,\u201d said Anjali Mahendra, the report\u2019s\nco-author.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis demands\nmuch stronger integration between transport planning agencies and land\ndevelopers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report\nfound 56 per cent of people in Mexico City were under-served in terms of their\nability to reach job locations, against 42 per cent of residents in\nJohannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEveryone is\naffected by it (traffic) in some way,\u201d said Alina Rocha Menocal, a senior\nresearch fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, a global think tank\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/business\/In-a-jam-how-traffic-slows-urban-economies\/2560-5128758-oucaqhz\/index.html\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by REUTERS Spiraling traffic and poor urban planning could rob developing countries of opportunities and jam economic progress in fast-growing cities, a study published on Thursday found. As more people&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}