Quand tout ne tient qu'à un pont! Réfection d'ouvrage et dysfonctionnements urbains à Douala

Lourdes Diaz Olvera (), Didier Plat (), Pascal Pochet () and Maïdadi Sahabana ()
Additional contact information
Lourdes Diaz Olvera: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Didier Plat: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Pascal Pochet: LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Maïdadi Sahabana: Louis Berger - Louis Berger

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: REHABILITATION OF A BRIDGE AND URBAN DYSFUNCTIONING IN DOUALA. - Rehabilitation work of the bridge on the Wouri river, in Douala, required the restriction of vehicle traffic, particularly taxis and motorbike taxis. To compensate for the reduction in public transport provision, a paying bus service for the crossing of the bridge was set up. The traffic restriction, imposed without forecasting side effects, revealed inconsistencies in institutional functioning and added on strong constraints to public transport users. Such an exceptional event shows evidence of the key role of large transport facilities in the functioning of African urban systems.

Keywords: urban transport; road infrastructure; bridge; decentralization; mobility; poverty; inequality; public transport; transport urbain; infrastructure routière; pont; décentralisation; mobilité; pauvreté; inégalité; transport collectif (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00622824
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published in Belgeo : Revue Belge de Géographie, 2010, 1-2, pp.183-196

Downloads: (external link)
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00622824/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00622824

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().