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creators_name: Klopp, JM
creators_name: Cavoli, C
title: Mapping minibuses in Maputo and Nairobi: engaging paratransit in transportation planning in African cities
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C05
divisions: F44
keywords: Paratransit; minibuses; informality; Nairobi; Maputo; transportation planning; data
note: © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
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abstract: Often called paratransit because of their flexible stops, schedules and routes, minibuses make up the bulk of public transport in African cities. Despite their ubiquity and importance, these systems are poorly understood by transportation planners who tend to focus on large-scale urban infrastructure projects such as highways, commuter rail or bus rapid transit systems. The assumption within much of this planning is that these minibus systems are barriers to change and will become at most secondary “feeder” buses within large-scale projects, but structured plans detailing this vision are lacking. This paper argues that frequent failure to collect data and value important paratransit systems as a critical part of transportation in their own right is deeply problematic from the point of view of equity, access and inclusive and effective planning. We ask whether the growing number of bottom up mapping projects of minibus systems can disrupt this status quo. By comparing two mapping projects, Digital Matatus in Nairobi and the Mapa Dos Chapas in Maputo, we find that inclusive, collaborative mapping can help render these minibuses more visible in planning and provoke more grounded and inclusive “planning conversations” on multi-modal integration, passenger information and minibus upgrading, all key but relatively marginalised aspects of creating accessible, low emission, high quality and safe public transport in African cities.
date: 2019-04-11
date_type: published
publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2019.1598513
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1654690
doi: 10.1080/01441647.2019.1598513
lyricists_name: Cavoli, Clemence
lyricists_id: CMCAV97
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
actors_id: BFFLY94
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Transport Reviews
volume: 39
number: 5
pagerange: 657-676
pages: 20
citation:        Klopp, JM;    Cavoli, C;      (2019)    Mapping minibuses in Maputo and Nairobi: engaging paratransit in transportation planning in African cities.                   Transport Reviews , 39  (5)   pp. 657-676.    10.1080/01441647.2019.1598513 <https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2019.1598513>.       Green open access   
 
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