Comparing paratransit in seven major African cities: An accessibility and network analysis

Falchetta, Giacomo; Noussan, Michel; Hammad, Ahmed T.

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103131

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“…La noción se desarrolló en la década de 1970 en EEUU y Canada, aunque su uso se extendió en 2010 desde la ingeniería y la ciencia social. Varios investigadores del transporte y la movilidad (Ardila, 2005;Klopp & Cavoli, 2019;Behrens et al, 2021;Wright et al, 2021;Falchetta et al, 2021) han adoptado el término en el contexto de urbes en desarrollo para describir el transporte público (Behrens et al, 2021). En la última década, el estudio del paratránsito se ha centrado en América Latina y Asia, pero principalmente en las ciudades africanas, relevando diversos tipos y dinámicas de servicio (Booysen et al, 2013).…”

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Paratránsito y expansión urbana: el transporte informal como dispositivo de urbanización

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2022

urbe, Rev. Bras. Gest. Urbana

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Resumen Desde la perspectiva del paratránsito, el artículo caracteriza la relación entre transporte urbano de pasajeros y la expansión en el área metropolitana de Cochabamba. Sostiene que el crecimiento urbano de esta metrópoli es, entre varios factores, resultado de las condiciones del servicio de transporte de pasajeros, caracterizado por su informalidad, autonomía, libertad y flexibilidad. Se postula que el servicio de transporte es un dispositivo fundamental para la consolidación de la urbanización, a través de tres tipos de relación con nuevos asentamientos: 1) consubstancialidad entre organización barrial y organización de servicio de transporte; 2) organización barrial solicitante de servicios de transporte; y 3) operador de transporte ofertante de servicios específicos para la demanda. A esto se suman tres formas de agencia en las rutas: la creación, la extensión y la subdivisión. Como cierre, se reflexiona la importancia de este fenómeno como factor central para comprender las condiciones de urbanización de las ciudades bolivianas.

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Paratránsito y expansión urbana: el transporte informal como dispositivo de urbanización

Cabrera

Moyano

2022

urbe, Rev. Bras. Gest. Urbana

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“…All African cities have to deal with informal transport, which dominates the market share of public transport [19]. Various studies have focused on the operation and performance of informal transport and on how it might be improved, combined with, or integrated into larger-capacity modes [24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. In contrast, due to a lack of survey data, there is little research on the demand for public transport [31] and particularly on the demand for informal transport [32].…”

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Daily Mobility in Urban Peripheries: The Role of Clandestine Taxis in Dakar, Senegal

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Background: This study addresses the mobility practices of the inhabitants of the peripheries of Dakar and the transport services they use to meet their mobility needs, in particular the unlicensed shared taxis (“Clandos”). In the peripheries, which suffer from a lack of jobs and amenities, mobility is essential to meet household needs and for social integration. Current transport policies focus on formalizing supply and organizing the system around high-capacity transport facilities, such as the Regional Express Railway (TER) or Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), but they have difficulty in dealing with the mobility problems facing the outskirts of the city. Methods: The study is based on secondary analysis of the 2015 Household Travel Survey and on a survey on the activity of Clandos conducted in 2021 in Dakar. Results: The analysis highlights the daily mobility practices of the inhabitants of the peripheral areas. These residents, who are on average poorer than the others, travel mainly on foot. Their access to public transport remains limited and, when they use it, a significant proportion of their trips are made by Clando. Clandos have a dual function. On one hand, they are used for long trips to the center, in competition with buses, but more often they operate as a complement to buses. On the other hand, they are mostly used for local mobility within the peripheries. Conclusions: Although relatively expensive, Clando services are valuable for the inhabitants of the peripheries and their daily mobility. They should be better integrated into transport and planning strategies for the peripheral areas.

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“…Paratransit is a system which has evolved independently of the government, and is often considered informal. It operates somewhere between private passenger transport and conventional public transport in terms of cost, scheduling and route flexibility (Ndibatya and Booysen, 2021;Neumann and Joubert, 2016;Falchetta et al, 2021). Besides minibuses, paratransit can also consist of single-passenger motorcycle taxis ("boda bodas") such as those in Kampala, or the tricycle taxis ("tuk-tuks") in Nairobi (Mutiso and Behrens, 2011;Booysen et al, 2013;Diaz Olvera et al, 2019).…”

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Walking on sunshine: Pairing electric vehicles with solar energy for sustainable informal public transport in Uganda

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Rix³

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Minibus taxi public transport is a seemingly chaotic phenomenon in the developing cities of the Global South with unique mobility and operational characteristics. Eventually this wide-spread fleet of minibus taxis will have to transition to electric vehicles. This paper examines the impact of this inevitable evolution on a city-wide scale in Kampala, Uganda. We present a generic simulation environment to assess the grid impact and charging opportunities, given the unique paratransit mobility patterns. We used floating car data to assess the energy requirements of electric minibus taxis, which will have a knock-on effect on the region's already fragile electrical grid. We used spatio-temporal and solar photovoltaic analyses to assess the informal and formal stops that would be needed for the taxis to recharge from solar PV in the region's abundant sunshine. The results showed energy demand from a median of 224 kWh/day to a maximum of 491 kWh/day, with a median charging potential (stationary time) across taxis of 8 h/day to 12 h/day. The potential for charging from solar PV was 0.24 kWh/m^2 to 0.52 kWh/m^2. Our simulator and results will allow traffic planners and grid operators to assess and plan for looming electric vehicle roll-outs to the most-used mode of transport in Africa.

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Comparing paratransit in seven major African cities: An accessibility and network analysis

Cited by 32 publications

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Paratránsito y expansión urbana: el transporte informal como dispositivo de urbanización

Paratránsito y expansión urbana: el transporte informal como dispositivo de urbanización

Daily Mobility in Urban Peripheries: The Role of Clandestine Taxis in Dakar, Senegal

Walking on sunshine: Pairing electric vehicles with solar energy for sustainable informal public transport in Uganda

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