A Study of Institutional, Financial, and Regulatory Frameworks of Urban Transport in Large Sub-Saharan African Cities

Adam Smith International

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCIDENTS;    ALLOCATION OF ROUTES;    BUS;    BUS COMPANIES;    BUS COMPANY;   

RP-ID  :  39246

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This working paper presents the findingsof "A Study of Urban Transport Institutional, Financialand Regulatory Frameworks in Large Sub-Saharan AfricanCites" and it was commissioned by the Sub-SaharanAfrica Transport Policy Program (SSATP). The study objectivewas to review the institutional, financial and regulatoryframeworks for the provision of urban transport in fourselected cities, Dakar (Senegal), Douala (Cameroon), Kampala(Uganda) and Nairobi (Kenya). The specific focus was toexamine: (a) the structure, process and performance of theexisting institutions and financing arrangements; and (b)operational practices of public and private bus operators.The study has examined the existing institutionalarrangements in the four cities and identified opportunitiesand constraints for policy reform. The general focus is onidentifying mechanisms suitable in different cultural andpolitical environment to organize planning, regulation andmonitoring of urban transport services. The study hasidentified a phased program of improvements required in theurban transport systems, with the short-term measuresfocused on traffic management, overloading controls, vehicleinspections; medium-term measures focused on a gradualconsolidation of the informal sector bus operators intosmall or medium-sized enterprises, introduction of a formalroute structure and licensing system and long-term measuresfocused on institutional restructuring supported byappropriate legislation, funding and technical support.