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Poverty mapping and sustainable transport: A neglected dimension (2015)
Journal Article
Grieco, M. (2015). Poverty mapping and sustainable transport: A neglected dimension. Research in Transportation Economics, 51, 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2015.07.002

Building upon work conducted for the UNHabitat on the social sustainability of urban mobility and for UNECLAC on transport poverty in Latin America, this paper identifies the utility of poverty mapping in developing sustainable transport systems. The... Read More about Poverty mapping and sustainable transport: A neglected dimension.

Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies. (2013)
Journal Article
Grieco, M. (2013). Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies. Bulletin FAL, 318, 1-8

The discussion of poverty and transport globally, and within Latin America and the Caribbean with its “high degree of residential segregation of contemporary Latin American cities”,1 must increasingly take place within the context of the social su... Read More about Transport, the poor and moving towards low-carbon societies..

Transportation in African cities: an Institutional perspective. (2012)
Book Chapter
Grieco, M., & Crowther, D. (2012). Transportation in African cities: an Institutional perspective. In N. Brooks, K. Donaghy, & G. Knapp (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Urban Economics and Planning. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195380620.013.0037

Transportation in African cities takes place in a context where, with the exception of South Africa, the overall context of regional, national, and continental transport provision and connectivity is poor, and these poor levels of infrastructure supp... Read More about Transportation in African cities: an Institutional perspective..

Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: negotiating road user charging with affected publics (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Grieco, M. (2005). Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: negotiating road user charging with affected publics. Transport Policy, 12(5), 475-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.06.005

The citizens of Edinburgh have just rejected a congestion charging scheme for this capital city. This short postscript examines the case for a full post-mortem, a post-mortem which must include the participation of those who said no.

Scatters and clusters in time and space: implications for delivering integrated and inclusive transport (2003)
Journal Article
Hine, J., & Grieco, M. (2003). Scatters and clusters in time and space: implications for delivering integrated and inclusive transport. Transport Policy, 10(4), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-070x%2803%2900055-6

This paper calls for a refinement in the literature on social exclusion/inclusion, and an alteration in the counterpart policy practices, in order to take account of 'scatter' and 'cluster' dimensions in the patterning of transport deprivation. Disag... Read More about Scatters and clusters in time and space: implications for delivering integrated and inclusive transport.

Enabling and Managing Greater Access to Transport Data Through Metadata (2002)
Journal Article
Wigan, M., Grieco, M., & Mine, J. (2002). Enabling and Managing Greater Access to Transport Data Through Metadata. Transportation research record, 1804, 48-55. https://doi.org/10.3141/1804-07

MetadatA—information about data sets—allow clear understanding of exactly what the elements and structure of a given data set entail. Metadata in conjunction with XML-based specifications, schemas, and tools allow a high level of automated and valida... Read More about Enabling and Managing Greater Access to Transport Data Through Metadata.