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Title: COMMERCIAL USE OF NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORT: EVIDENCE FROM ACCRA, GHANA
Accession Number: 00732491
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: The traders of Accra, Ghana, continue to make use of hand-pushed and hand-pulled carts for moving their stock across the city. These nonmotorized forms of transport play a key role in a low-income economy; developing economies, with their large informal sectors and plentiful supply of petty-trading enterprises, contain a preponderance of enterprises having restricted capital bases, a condition that requires the use of low-cost transportation. The bicycle, although well suited to the small-load requirements of much petty trading, is not regarded as a suitable mode of transport for women, who make up the majority of Ghana's traders. A World Bank project designed to support and promote models of nonmotorized transportation is being implemented. The practices and prospects of the commercial use of nonmotorized transport in Ghana is discussed, the World Bank project that supports and promotes these transportation modes is described, and the appropriateness of nonmotorized transportation modes for developing economies is discussed.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1563, Nonmotorized Transportation: International Perspectives on Planning and Safety.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Amponsah, FTURNER, JGRIECO, MKwablah, AGuitink, PPagination: p. 1-7
Publication Date: 1996
Serial: ISBN: 0309059623
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Feb 26 1997 12:00AM
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