Subject: This guide is a result of various experts’ contemplations when they gathered for the Regional Seminar on Urban Transportation in the Mediterranean Region organised by CODATU and the World Bank Skhirat, Morocco. Like all metropolises, cities in the Southern Mediterranean are today facing both growing demand for mobility and considerable requirements for transport infrastructure. Based on an analysis of current transport organisation in Mediterranean capitals, this guide takes the form of a genuine decision-making tool for the development of an efficient, viable and sustainable public transport network, based, in particular, on increased capacity.
Author: Carried out under the supervision of Xavier GODARD, from INRETS (Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité – National Institute for Research into Transport and Safety) and CODATU expert (Co-operation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World).
Date: January 2008
Type: Guide
Intended audience: Decision makers, General public
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During the last several decades, small-scale transports have developed amid public transport modes. Depending on the city, paratransit includes shared-taxis and different types of mini or microbuses in Morocco, Cairo, or Damascus, vans in Algeria, “services” in Beirut or in Amman, etc. […] Their capacity to adapt to users’ needs explains their success; however, they also contribute to traffic congestion and pollution in high-density urban zones and their fees weigh down family budgets.
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