Understanding the Emerging Role of Motorcycles in African Cities : A Political Economy Perspective

A decline in organized public transport systems has led to rapid growth in non-conventional means of public transport, initially provided by minibuses and shared taxi/vans, and more recently by commercial motorcycles. Unlike cities in South and Eas...

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Main Author:	Kumar, Ajay
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY AFFORDABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT AIR BICYCLE BICYCLE TAXI BICYCLES BICYCLING BIKES BRIDGE BRIDGES BUS BUS COMPANIES BUS COMPANY BUS FARE BUS FARES BUS MARKET BUS OPERATIONS BUS ROUTES BUS SERVICE BUS SERVICES BUS STOPS BUS TRANSPORT BUS TRAVEL BUSES CAPACITY BUILDING CAR CARRY PASSENGERS CARS CITY TRANSPORT CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL SPEED COMMUTERS CONCESSIONS CONGESTION COST OF TRAVEL CURBS DAILY TRAFFIC DAILY TRAVEL DAILY TRIPS DRIVER LICENSING DRIVERS DRIVING ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS EXTERNALITIES FARE STRUCTURE FLEETS FRAMEWORK FUEL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HIGHER FARES HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS INCOME INTERCHANGES INTERSECTIONS JOURNEYS LABOR MARKET LAND USE LANES LOCAL AIR POLLUTION LOW CAR OWNERSHIP MAIN ROADS MEANS OF TRANSPORT MINI-BUS MINIBUS MINIBUS SERVICES MINIBUSES MOBILITY MODAL SPLIT MODE OF CHOICE MODE OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MOTOR CYCLE MOTORCYCLE MOTORCYCLES MOTORIZED TRANSPORT NEIGHBORHOODS NOISE PARATRANSIT PARKED VEHICLES PASSENGER PASSENGERS PATRONAGE PEAK PERIODS PERIPHERAL AREAS POLICE POLLUTION EMISSIONS POOR ROAD POOR ROADS POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE VEHICLE PROFIT MARGIN PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SUBSIDIES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT MARKET PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUPPLY PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLES RADIAL CORRIDORS RECONSTRUCTION RED LIGHTS RIDER RIDERS RIDERSHIP ROAD ROAD ACCIDENTS ROAD DENSITY ROAD LINKS ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROAD SPACE ROAD TRAFFIC ROADS ROADWAY ROUTE ROUTES SAFETY SAFETY HAZARDS SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS SAFETY STANDARDS SECONDARY ROADS SHARING SHORT TRIPS SIDEWALKS STREET LIGHTING STREET SPACE SUBURBS TAX TAXI DRIVERS TAXI PASSENGERS TAXI TRIPS TAXIS TRAFFIC TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TRAFFIC CONGESTION TRAFFIC COUNTS TRAFFIC LAWS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TRAFFIC RULES TRAFFIC SURVEYS TRANSIT TRANSIT SYSTEM TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT DEMAND TRANSPORT FARES TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES TRANSPORT MARKETS TRANSPORT MODES TRANSPORT PLANNING TRANSPORT POLICY TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS TRANSPORT STATISTICS TRANSPORT STRATEGIES TRANSPORT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE TRANSPORTS TRAVEL DEMAND TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL NEEDS TRAVEL PATTERNS TRIPS BY MODE TRIPS PER DAY URBAN ROADS URBAN SPRAWL URBAN TRANSPORT URBAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE URBAN TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM VEHICLE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLE PARKING VEHICLES WALKING WHEELED VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/04/15826335/understanding-emerging-role-motorcycles-african-cities-political-economy-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17804