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Performance assessment of the nairobi public transport system

Performance assessment of the nairobi public transport system PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE NAIROBI PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM JAN H. KOSTER Within the framework of the Urban Transport Component of the World Bank/ UNECA Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Programme, studies have been undertaken in Kenya and Tanzania into the mobility of the urban poor. Although this Urban Mobility and Non-Motorised Transport Pilot Project, as the name implies, focuses on walking and cycling, a pilot study was also undertaken within this project into the performance of the public transport system of Nairobi, being the only motorised means of transport available to the majority of the population. This article describes the reasons for undertaking this pilot study, its objectives and the initial results. As the data collected have so far been analysed at the system level rather than the route level, these results are of a general nature. Nevertheless, they warrant some important provisional conclusions. BACKGRO UND While deregulation and privatisation of public transport in the Western world is, in many cases, still in its infancy, in many African countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), these processes have already gone to the extreme. Declining government revenues and related pressure from such organisations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

Performance assessment of the nairobi public transport system

Koster, Jan
Urban Forum , Volume 10 (1) – Apr 4, 2009
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Social Sciences, general; Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Population Economics; Political Science; Sociology
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1015-3802
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PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE NAIROBI PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM JAN H. KOSTER Within the framework of the Urban Transport Component of the World Bank/ UNECA Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Programme, studies have been undertaken in Kenya and Tanzania into the mobility of the urban poor. Although this Urban Mobility and Non-Motorised Transport Pilot Project, as the name implies, focuses on walking and cycling, a pilot study was also undertaken within this project into the performance of the public transport system of Nairobi, being the only motorised means of transport available to the majority of the population. This article describes the reasons for undertaking this pilot study, its objectives and the initial results. As the data collected have so far been analysed at the system level rather than the route level, these results are of a general nature. Nevertheless, they warrant some important provisional conclusions. BACKGRO UND While deregulation and privatisation of public transport in the Western world is, in many cases, still in its infancy, in many African countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), these processes have already gone to the extreme. Declining government revenues and related pressure from such organisations as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have

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Published: Apr 4, 2009

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