La double vie de la moto au Sud du Sahara

Lourdes Diaz Olvera (), Didier Plat (), Pascal Pochet () and Maïdadi Sahabana ()
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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: Chercheur indépendant

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Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa cities are simultaneously confronted with deficiencies of public transport and low levels of household car ownership. Which role can motorised two-wheelers play in this context? The case studies of Niamey and Douala show that the motorised two-wheeler used as a private mode of transport occupies a specific position within a rigid modal hierarchy where it appears as an ersatz for the car. As a mode of public transport, it represents an innovative bottom-up response to the multiform crisis of cities, even though the sustainability of this response may be questioned.

Keywords: motorised two wheeler; motorbike taxi; socioeconomic status; daily mobility; survey; deux-roues moteur; moto-taxi; statut social; perception; mobilité quotidienne; Niamey; Douala; enquête (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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Published in G. Fumey, J. Varlet, P. Zembri. Mobilités contemporaines. Approches géoculturelles des transports, Ellipses, pp.117-126, 2009

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