Improvising Intermodality and Multimodality. Empirical Findings for Lomé, Togo

Lourdes Diaz Olvera (), Assogba Guezere (), 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
Assogba Guezere: Département de Géographie ; Université de Kara - Département de Géographie ; Université de Kara
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: While achieving integrated transport is an increasingly important policy goal in the cities of the North, it is of little concern to African decision-makers. Nevertheless, the scarcity of transport has prompted African city-dwellers to create "de facto" integration, which has, until now, received little scholarly attention. This paper describes the intermodal and multimodal practices of the inhabitants of Lomé, the capital of Togo, where the motorbike taxi plays a dominant role. Intermodality, i.e. the use of at least two transport modes in the course of a single trip, allows individuals to travel throughout the city but requires trade-offs between transport cost, duration and physically exhausting conditions. Multimodality, which is defined as the use of a different mode or combination of modes for outbound and return trips, is observed to some extent among the working population but even more amongst schoolchildren, usually in order to reduce the cost of transport. The consequences of individuals' "de facto" intermodal and multimodal practices in terms of mobility and money and time budgets highlight the strategic importance of formal transport integration for African city-dwellers.

Keywords: intermodality; multimodality; transport integration; mobility; motorbike taxis; intermodalité; multimodalité; intégration du transport; mobilité; moto taxi; Lomé; tarif; distance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in Case Studies on Transport Policy, 2015, 3, pp.459-467. ⟨10.1016/j.cstp.2015.10.001⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cstp.2015.10.001

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