DELIVERY OF URBAN TRANSPORT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF ACCRA, GHANA

This paper examines the urban transportation system in a typical Sub-Saharan city - Accra, Ghana. A description of its demand and supply characteristics is carried out. Deficiencies in the operation of the system are discussed and suggestions of possible actions that should be taken towards the development of coherent urban transport policies are given. The focus of these suggestions is the establishment of a transportation data collection agency to collect and collate relevant data on the transportation system. This is fundamental to any analysis that is to be done. The need to tackle urban transportation problems in a more scientific way and for producing trained local transportation professionals is also emphasized.

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  Institute for Transportation, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • QUAYE, K
  • Badoe, D
• Publication Date: 1996-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 75-94
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Demand; Demand responsive transportation; Supply; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Supply and demand
• Geographic Terms: Africa
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00721798
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 22 1996 12:00AM