Congestion in Rapidly Growing Cities: Lessons from Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Mumbai
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez, the Derek C. Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at Harvard University, presented his insights on urbanization, modal shift, and congestion on February 9, 2012. Drawing particularly from his research in cities such as Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Mumbai, Gomez-Ibanez pointed to the inherent conflict between increasing urbanization and smart transportation planning.
About the Speaker
Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez is the Derek C. Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at Harvard University, where he holds a joint appointment at the Graduate School of Design and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He teaches courses in economics, infrastructure, and transportation policy in both schools. His research interests are in transportation, infrastructure, and economic development, and he has authored or edited a half dozen books, including Regulating Infrastructure: Monopoly, Contracts and Discretion; Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer (with William Tye and Clifford Winston); Going Private: The International Experience with Transport Privatization (with John R. Meyer); Regulation for Revenue: The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions (with Alan Altshuler); Autos, Transit and Cities (with John R. Meyer); and Cases in Microeconomics (with Joseph Kalt).
At Harvard, Professor Gomez-Ibanez currently serves as the faculty co-chair (with Henry Lee) of the Infrastructure in a Market Economy executive program at the Kennedy School. Since 2007, he has been chair of the Social and Urban Policy Area at the Kennedy School. In the past, he has been the faculty chair of the Masters in Urban Planning Program at the Design School, of the Masters in Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School, of doctoral programs at the Design School, and of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Design School.
Professor Gomez-Ibanez received his AB in government from Harvard College and his MPP and PhD in public policy from Harvard.
*The views of this presenter do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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