Mobilité quotidienne des citadins à faibles ressources. Les enseignements de Ouagadougou

Lourdes Diaz Olvera (), Didier Plat () and Pascal Pochet ()
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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

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Abstract: Daily mobility of underprivileged urban dwellers. Evidence from Ouagadougou Urban daily mobility brings about many problems for a large section of the population in Sub-Saharan African cities (high costs, long foot trips...). To study the consequences of lack of means on daily travel behaviour, we use data obtained from a household survey in Ouagadougou, where the lack of public transport is compensated by the use of two-wheelers. The analysis shows a wide spectrum of mobility requirements and practices amongst groups of underprivileged city-dwellers, according to social role and position within the household. Due to their high operating costs, private motorised vehicles are reserved to present-day or future bread winners of the households. Thus, a large part of the population is left behind due to this segregation. Nevertheless, they have considerable transport needs.

Keywords: urban daily mobility; transport mode; travel expenditure; income quintile; household poverty; individual poverty; household status; Sub-Saharan Africa; mobilité quotidienne; mode de transport; dépense de transport; quintile de revenu; pauvreté du ménage; pauvreté individuelle; position dans le ménage; Afrique sub-Saharienne (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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Published in Revue Tiers Monde, 1999, XL (160), pp.829-848

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