Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor

Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor

This report, a background note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic, documents public transport accessibility, focusing particularly on minibus taxis and on poor households, and describe the costs of commuting to work, using the 2013...

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Main Author: Kerr, Andrew
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORT COSTS
TAXI ASSOCIATIONS
CRASH FATALITY RATE
ROAD SAFETY
TAXI VIOLENCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/712091529321273883/Minibus-taxis-public-transport-and-the-poor-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic
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spelling okr-10986-300182021-05-25T09:15:37Z Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor Kerr, Andrew HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORT COSTS TAXI ASSOCIATIONS CRASH FATALITY RATE ROAD SAFETY TAXI VIOLENCE This report, a background note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic, documents public transport accessibility, focusing particularly on minibus taxis and on poor households, and describe the costs of commuting to work, using the 2013 National Household Travel Survey conducted by Statistics South Africa. It also explains how the minibus taxi industry works, based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2017 in the minibus taxi industry, and what this implies for costs and accessibility of minibuses to users. It analyzes publicly available data on fatal crashes and police data on violence to describes the risks to users of public transport from fatal crashes and also taxi violence. It also suggest some policy options to improve transport outcomes for the poor. 2018-07-17T15:38:45Z 2018-07-17T15:38:45Z 2018-06-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/712091529321273883/Minibus-taxis-public-transport-and-the-poor-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30018 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa South Africa
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topic HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORT COSTS
TAXI ASSOCIATIONS
CRASH FATALITY RATE
ROAD SAFETY
TAXI VIOLENCE
spellingShingle HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORT COSTS
TAXI ASSOCIATIONS
CRASH FATALITY RATE
ROAD SAFETY
TAXI VIOLENCE
Kerr, Andrew
Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor
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description This report, a background note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic, documents public transport accessibility, focusing particularly on minibus taxis and on poor households, and describe the costs of commuting to work, using the 2013 National Household Travel Survey conducted by Statistics South Africa. It also explains how the minibus taxi industry works, based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2017 in the minibus taxi industry, and what this implies for costs and accessibility of minibuses to users. It analyzes publicly available data on fatal crashes and police data on violence to describes the risks to users of public transport from fatal crashes and also taxi violence. It also suggest some policy options to improve transport outcomes for the poor.
format Working Paper
author Kerr, Andrew
author_facet Kerr, Andrew
author_sort Kerr, Andrew
title Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor
title_short Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor
title_full Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor
title_fullStr Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor
title_full_unstemmed Minibus Taxis, Public Transport, and the Poor
title_sort minibus taxis, public transport, and the poor
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/712091529321273883/Minibus-taxis-public-transport-and-the-poor-background-note-for-the-South-Africa-systematic-country-diagnostic
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