Rapid innovation and development of modern technology has brought about the opportunity for developing economies to technological leapfrog. In particular, rather than going through all the learning curve and costly pr...Rapid innovation and development of modern technology has brought about the opportunity for developing economies to technological leapfrog. In particular, rather than going through all the learning curve and costly process <span style="font-family:Verdana;">experienced by developed countries, emerging economies instead can tak</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e advantage of the opportunities presented by technological shifts. However, inadequate infrastructure is the cause of most challenges that these developing economies presently face. Energy, road, transport and telecommunication networks are the most critical infrastructure needed to drive a sustainable </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">development and economic growth. As seen in many emerging economies, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">small private cars are still dominating the public transport sector, even though </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">it is evident that they are congesting the poorly managed and crumbling road </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">infrastructure. Most emerging economies’ cities are currently experiencing rapi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">d urbanisation that is leading to massive population explosion. These rapidly growing cities should adopt latest technologies, such as Trackless Trams Systems (TTS). There is no doubt that TTS can probably help in dealing with most of the transport problems experienced in rapidly growing urban areas </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">within emerging economies. This paper seeks to explore the opportunities</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> presented by TTS to bring about the needed technological leapfrogging for the developing countries that are resource constrained to build modern and expensive mass public transport infrastructure. An ideal example of a recent successful technological leapfrog in emerging economies is the low-cost mo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bile phones and increasingly expanding wireless access 展开更多
文摘Rapid innovation and development of modern technology has brought about the opportunity for developing economies to technological leapfrog. In particular, rather than going through all the learning curve and costly process <span style="font-family:Verdana;">experienced by developed countries, emerging economies instead can tak</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">e advantage of the opportunities presented by technological shifts. However, inadequate infrastructure is the cause of most challenges that these developing economies presently face. Energy, road, transport and telecommunication networks are the most critical infrastructure needed to drive a sustainable </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">development and economic growth. As seen in many emerging economies, </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">small private cars are still dominating the public transport sector, even though </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">it is evident that they are congesting the poorly managed and crumbling road </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">infrastructure. Most emerging economies’ cities are currently experiencing rapi</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">d urbanisation that is leading to massive population explosion. These rapidly growing cities should adopt latest technologies, such as Trackless Trams Systems (TTS). There is no doubt that TTS can probably help in dealing with most of the transport problems experienced in rapidly growing urban areas </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">within emerging economies. This paper seeks to explore the opportunities</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> presented by TTS to bring about the needed technological leapfrogging for the developing countries that are resource constrained to build modern and expensive mass public transport infrastructure. An ideal example of a recent successful technological leapfrog in emerging economies is the low-cost mo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">bile phones and increasingly expanding wireless access
