Motorcycle-taxis in sub-Saharan Africa: Current knowledge, implications for the debate on "informal" transport and research needs
Motorcycle-taxis in sub-Saharan Africa: Current knowledge, implications for the debate on "informal" transport and research needs
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10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.05.006
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
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6.1
通讯作者：
Lenz, Barbara
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作者：
Ehebrecht, Daniel;Heinrichs, Dirk;Lenz, Barbara
撒哈拉以南非洲国家（SSA）的人口增长、城市化和社会变革导致城市和农村人口的流动性需求不断上升和多样化。此外，这刺激了新的交通方式的出现，例如摩托车出租车（“摩托出租车”）。虽然摩托出租车在一些地区已经使用了几十年，但在过去的几年里，它们出现了巨大的增长，并且已经扩展到SSA的其他农村和城市地区。这在确保公共流动性和社会经济影响方面带来了一些好处。另一方面，这些通常是“非正式”提供的服务的增长造成了负面的外部影响，特别是道路安全问题。这引发了公众对如何控制和规范这些服务的讨论。在学术界，它们日益增长的重要性导致了大量的实证研究，包括在过去的五到十年中最后论文/作业的很大一部分。这些研究对这种运输方式的不同方面提供了有价值的见解。然而，对机动出租车及其服务特点的全面概述却很少。本文旨在全面总结机动的士服务在提供公共交通选择方面所扮演的角色。在广泛的文献综述的基础上，它对所审查的研究所涵盖的这种运输模式进行了分类和总结。主题包括电单车的士增长的潜在因素、供给方和需求方、服务组织、监管，以及安全、健康和环境影响。在现有见解允许的范围内，追踪了区域以及城市和农村的服务模式。在此基础上，本文讨论了对非正式运输辩论的影响，并确定了未来研究应解决的知识差距。
hi the countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) population growth, urbanisation, and social change have resulted in rising and diversifying mobility needs of urban and rural populations alike. Moreover, this has stimulated the emergence of new modes of transport, for example the motorcycle-taxi ("moto-taxi"). While moto-taxis have been used for decades in some areas, they have seen massive growth in the past couple of years and they have expanded to other rural and urban areas in SSA. This has come with a number of benefits as regards securing public mobility and socio-economic effects. On the other hand, the growth of these often "informally" provided services has resulted in negative externalities, especially road safety issues. And this has fuelled public discussions on how to control and regulate these services. Within academia their growing importance has resulted in a significant number of empirical studies - including a large share of final theses/assignments - in the past five to ten years. These studies deliver valuable insights into different aspects of this transport mode. However, only few comprehensive overviews of moto-taxis and their service characteristics exist. This article aims to present a comprehensive summary of the role played by moto-taxi services in providing public transport options in SSA. Based on an extensive literature review it categorises and summarises insights into this transport mode that are covered by the reviewed studies. The topics include underlying factors of motorcycle-taxi growth, supply side and demand side aspects, service organisation, regulation, as well as safety, health and environmental impacts. As far as available insights allow, regional, as well as urban and rural service patterns are traced. On that basis, the article discusses implications for the debate on informal transport and identifies knowledge gaps that should be addressed by future research.