The politics of (im)mobility: Rickshaw bans in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Md. Musleh Uddin Hasan and Julio D. Dávila

Journal of Transport Geography, 2018, vol. 70, issue C, 246-255

Abstract: •Rickshaws served 7.6 million trips/day (2009), close to double of the highest passenger carried by London Tube (2012)•Rickshaws suit most well to Dhaka's transport, land-use and demographic characteristics•Yet locally and globally supported rickshaw ban attempts are increasing•Pro-auto coalition includes institutions, individuals, experts, donors, government and private enterprises.•Anti-ricksahw politics can be explained by elite-middle class mindset of local stakeholders and associated politics of informality and presence of weak and military government(s). facilitati.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.06.002

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