CONTENTS Foreword vii Africa's First Bus Rapid Transit System 1 Robin Kaenzig, Dayo Mobereola, and Colin Brader Carbon Dioxide Reduction Benefits of Bus Rapid Transit Systems: Learning from Bogota, Colombia; Mexico City, Mexico; and Jakarta, Indonesia 9 Walter Hook, Chris Kost, Ulises Navarre, Michael Replogle, and Bernardo Baranda Bus Rapid Transit in Curitiba, Brazil: A Look at the Outcome After 35 Years of Bus-Oriented Development 17 Luis Antonio Lindau, Dario Hidalgo, and Daniela Facchini Cycling Trends and Fate in the Face of Bus Rapid Transit: Case Study of Jinan, Shandong Province, China 28 Brittany Nikole Montgomery Evaluation of Pedestrian Safety at Midblock Crossings, Porto Alegre, Brazil 37 Mara Chagas Diogenes and Luis Antonio Lindau Exploration of Pedestrian Refuge Effect on Safety Crossing at Signalized Intersection 44 Lingjie Li, Xiaokuan Yang, and Li Yin Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Framework for Urban Transport Policies: Integration of Investment, Pricing, Regulation, and Subsidy Options 51 Ya-Wen Chen, Yu-Sheng Chiang, and Chien-Hung Wei Spatial and Social Characteristics of Urban Transportation in Beijing 59 Jiawen Yang Motorization in China: Case Study of Shanghai 68 Meng-Cheng Ni, Kenneth S. Kurani, and Daniel Sperling Modeling Private Car Ownership in China: Investigation of Urban Form Impact Across Megacities 76 Jieping Li, Joan L. Walker, Sumeeta Srinivasan, and William P. Anderson Linking Travel Behavior and Location in Chengdu, China: Geographically Weighted Approach 85 Sumeeta Srinivasan Effects of Personal Factors on Bicycle Commuting in Developing Countries: Case Study of IManjing, China 96 Chen Yang, Wei Wang, Xiaofeng Shan, Jing Jin, Jian Lu, and Zhibin Li Safety Analysis of Urban Arterials Under Mixed-Traffic Patterns in Beijing 105 Ming Ma, Xinping Yan, Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Helai Huang, and Xuesong Wang Short-Term Traffic Forecast System of Beijing 116 Shen Dong, Ruimin Li, Li Guang Sun, Tang Hsien Chang, and Huapu Lu Scenarios for Future Urbanization: Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Passenger Travel in Three Indian Cities 124 Lisa Rayle and Madhav Pai Literacy, Access, and Mobility: Analysis from Sylhet, Bangladesh 132 Pamela Dalai and Konstadinos G. Goulias