This book looks at the business strategies and aspirations of incumbent paratransit operators in three case cities - Cape Town, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi - as well as their attitudes towards emerging public transport reform projects. International experiences of hybrid system regulation and paratransit business development are reviewed in order to explore policy options. The authors contend that policies recognising paratransit operators, and seeking contextually appropriate complementarity with formalised planned services, will produce greater benefits than policies ignoring their continued existence.…mehr
This book looks at the business strategies and aspirations of incumbent paratransit operators in three case cities - Cape Town, Dar es Salaam and Nairobi - as well as their attitudes towards emerging public transport reform projects. International experiences of hybrid system regulation and paratransit business development are reviewed in order to explore policy options. The authors contend that policies recognising paratransit operators, and seeking contextually appropriate complementarity with formalised planned services, will produce greater benefits than policies ignoring their continued existence.
Roger Behrens is Director of the Centre for Transport Studies and the African Centre for Studies in Public and Non-Motorised Transport, and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dorothy McCormick is a Research Professor at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya. David Mfinanga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Inhaltsangabe
1. An introduction to paratransit in Sub-Saharan African cities 2. The state of public transport systems in three Sub-Saharan African cities 3. The nature of paratransit operations 4. Politics, policy and paratransit: A view from Nairobi 5. Approaches to paratransit reform 6. Matatu business strategies in Nairobi 7. Public transport and daladala service improvement prospects in Dar es Salaam 8. Minibus-taxi operator reforms, engagement and attitudes in Cape Town 9. Barriers to comprehensive paratransit replacement 10. International case studies of hybrid public transport system regulation and complementarity 11. West African case studies of integrated urban transport reform 12. Strategy options for paratransit business development and service improvement
1. An introduction to paratransit in Sub-Saharan African cities 2. The state of public transport systems in three Sub-Saharan African cities 3. The nature of paratransit operations 4. Politics, policy and paratransit: A view from Nairobi 5. Approaches to paratransit reform 6. Matatu business strategies in Nairobi 7. Public transport and daladala service improvement prospects in Dar es Salaam 8. Minibus-taxi operator reforms, engagement and attitudes in Cape Town 9. Barriers to comprehensive paratransit replacement 10. International case studies of hybrid public transport system regulation and complementarity 11. West African case studies of integrated urban transport reform 12. Strategy options for paratransit business development and service improvement
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