Thredbo Series: Recent submissions
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Working towards informal public transport improvement and integration in Luanda: process and outcomes of international technical cooperation between France and Angola
Published 2024-12-06Development finance institutions (DFIs) increasingly recognise the importance of informal public transport (IPT) in Sub-Saharan Africa, and are expanding the scope of their urban mobility-focussed technical cooperation and ...Open AccessConference paper -
Quantifying Direct Public Costs and Externalities for a Just and Sustainable Urban Transport
Published 2024-12-06The quest for a just and sustainable urban transport requires a better understanding of the use of public resources and the impact of transport systems. In the global south we know little about how much a city spends on ...Open AccessConference paper -
Challenges and opportunities in mobility in secondary cities in Ethiopia
Published 2024-12-06Ethiopia is one of the fastest-urbanizing countries in the world. Rapid urbanization is taking place not only in its capital city, Addis Ababa, but even faster in its secondary cities. Despite this trend, national urban ...Open AccessConference paper -
A framework for understanding the formalization of informal transit and its application to South Africa since the 1970’s
Published 2024-12-06Public transport in much of the global south is dominated by informal transit despite many initiatives to introduce formal services. This resilience is leading to a shift in strategy from seeking to replace it, to improving ...Open AccessConference paper -
Passengers’ informal institutions and the implications for public transport integration
Published 2024-12-06Little is known about the informal institutions that govern passengers’ behaviour in a transport system. Informal institutions are the constraints that we impose on ourselves to structure our daily interactions with others. ...Open AccessConference paper