A Study of Institutional, Financial, and Regulatory Frameworks of Urban Transport in Large Sub-Saharan African Cities

This working paper presents the findings of "A Study of Urban Transport Institutional, Financial and Regulatory Frameworks in Large Sub-Saharan African Cites" and it was commissioned by the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP). The study objective was to review the institutional, financial and regulatory frameworks for the provision of urban transport in four selected cities, Dakar (Senegal), Douala (Cameroon), Kampala (Uganda) and Nairobi (Kenya). The specific focus was to examine: (a) the structure, process and performance of the existing institutions and financing arrangements; and (b) operational practices of public and private bus operators. The study has examined the existing institutional arrangements in the four cities and identified opportunities and constraints for policy reform. The general focus is on identifying mechanisms suitable in different cultural and political environment to organize planning, regulation and monitoring of urban transport services. The study has identified a phased program of improvements required in the urban transport systems, with the short-term measures focused on traffic management, overloading controls, vehicle inspections; medium-term measures focused on a gradual consolidation of the informal sector bus operators into small or medium-sized enterprises, introduction of a formal route structure and licensing system and long-term measures focused on institutional restructuring supported by appropriate legislation, funding and technical support.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Adam Smith International
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-07-01
Subjects:	ACCIDENTS, ALLOCATION OF ROUTES, BUS, BUS COMPANIES, BUS COMPANY, BUS FLEET, BUS LANES, BUS OPERATOR, BUS OPERATORS, BUS PRIORITIES, BUS PRIORITY, BUS PRIORITY MEASURES, BUS ROUTES, BUS SERVICES, BUS TRANSPORT, BUSES, BYPASSES, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAR, CARS, CITY TRANSPORT, CONVENTIONAL BUS, DRIVER BEHAVIOR, DRIVERS, DRIVING, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT, EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM, EXHAUST EMISSIONS, FARE LEVEL, FARE LEVELS, FARES, FLEETS, FRAMEWORK, FUEL, FUELS, HAND VEHICLES, HEAVY TRAFFIC, INCOME, INFRASTRUCTURE CONGESTION, INSPECTION, JOURNEY, JOURNEY TIME, JOURNEY TO WORK, JOURNEYS, JUNCTIONS, LIGHT RAIL, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS, LONG DISTANCES, MINIBUS, MINIBUS OPERATORS, MINIBUSES, MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, MODAL SPLIT, MOTORCYCLE, MOTORCYCLES, MOTORIZED TRANSPORT, NATIONAL ROADS, PARKING, PASSENGER, PASSENGERS, PEAK DEMAND, PEAK PERIODS, PEAK VEHICLE, PEDESTRIAN, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, PEDESTRIANS, POLLUTION, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT PROVISION, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, RAIL SERVICE, RAILWAYS, RAPID TRANSIT, RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS, ROAD, ROAD AGENCY, ROAD CAPACITY, ROAD CHARGING, ROAD FUNDS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD NETWORKS, ROAD REHABILITATION, ROAD SYSTEM, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, ROUTE, ROUTES, RUSH HOUR, SAFETY, SIDEWALKS, SPEEDS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUBURBAN RAIL, TAXI DRIVERS, TAXI OPERATORS, TAXI SERVICES, TAXIS, TRACK CAPACITY, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRAFFIC FLOW, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, TRAINS, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT POLICY, TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SERVICES, TRANSPORT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, TRANSPORT USERS, TRANSPORTS, URBAN BUS, URBAN BUS TRANSPORT, URBAN CONGESTION, URBAN ROAD, URBAN ROAD MAINTENANCE, URBAN ROAD NETWORK, URBAN ROAD SYSTEM, URBAN ROADS, URBAN TRAFFIC, URBAN TRANSPORT, URBAN TRANSPORT PROBLEMS, URBAN TRANSPORT SERVICES, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM, URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, VEHICLE, VEHICLE EMISSIONS, VEHICLE INSPECTIONS, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COST, VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, VEHICLE SPEEDS, VEHICLES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/07/7495757/study-institutional-financial-regulatory-frameworks-urban-transport-large-sub-saharan-african-cities https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17771
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