1. Informal Public Transport: Good or Bad? Introduction!
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! Multiple speakers!
! This presentation is an introduction to the debate on
Information Transport!
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2. “Service”
Lebanon,
Jordan,
“Cars
Rapide”
Israel,
Pales?ne
Senegal
“Micro”
Peru
“TroTro”
“Danfo”
Ghana
Nigeria
Informal
Public
Transport
Good
or
Bad??
“Combi”
South
Africa
“Jeepney”
the
Philippines
“Dolmus”
Turkey
“Tempo”
India
“Bemo”
Indonesia

3. Informal
Public
Transport
• A
mode
of
transport
prevalent
in
developing
countries
where
private
sector
entrepreneurs
operate
small
passenger
vehicles
on
a
route
with
no
schedules
and
no
formal
stops;
• The
services
– operate
when
the
entrepreneurs
choose
– begin
their
runs
at
terminals
which
they
generally
leave
when
they
are
either
full
or
close
– stop
to
pick
up
and
drop
off
passengers
anywhere
along
the
way
to
a
terminal
at
the
other
end
of
the
route
– may
divert
off
the
given
route;
• Regula=on
– Entry?
– Fare?
– Safety?

4. Formal
Public
Transport
• A
mode
of
public
transport
that
u=lizes
rela=vely
larger
vehicles
that
operate
on
a
fixed
route,
with
a
fixed
schedule
serving
only
designated
stops
and
terminals
• Formal
public
transport
is
strongly
regulated
with
respect
to
operator
entry,
bus
standards,
fares,
span
of
service
and
schedules,
stops
and
terminals
and
labor
prac=ces
• Services
may
either
be
provided
by
a
state
owned
enterprise
or
by
the
private
sector
on
the
basis
of
compe==vely
procured
contracts
or
concession
agreements

7. The
Debate
1. Informal
public
transport
should
be
leI
alone,
with
minimal
regula=on
-­‐-­‐
the
number
of
vehicles
plying,
vehicle
safety
and
condi=on
and
driver
skills;
Or
2.
Informal
public
transport
should
be
eliminated
in
favor
of
more
highly
regulated,
formal
public
transport.

8. Manila

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