자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0016934342

International Standard Book Number  

9798380367349

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

307

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Kerzhner, Tamara.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : University of California, Berkeley., 2023

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023

Physical Description  

1 online resource(98 p.)

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Chatman, Daniel G.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2023.

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This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Summary, Etc.  

요약This dissertation explores how private-sector transport operators in African cities make individual and collective decisions on the change and expansion of transport networks, based on a comparison of Lilongwe, Kampala and Nairobi. This network geography underpins crucial accessibility questions, including the equity, affordability and usefulness of mass transportation services available to different people across metropolitan areas. Governance of informal transport is disjointed, and rarely engage with the planning processes within the sector itself. Informal transport is often described as flexible, reactive, demand responsive, niche-filling, and in-tune with passenger needs. This paper proposes expanded definitions of flexibility in the operations of informal transport networks and presents a theoretical framing for understanding the growth and change in the locations of routes and terminals. Based on surveys and interviews in four African cities, I argue that spatial transport planning is neither top-down nor bottom-up. Different forms of internal organization, the role and power of workers, and the geographic scope and level of organization in the industry affect the planning practices of operators and the ways and locations to which they expand their services. Where there is little route-level organization, independent operators have difficulty creating services to new destinations. Where route-level organizations take the initiative and invest capital to start new services, whether vehicle owners or frontline workers such as drivers and conductors are more involved leads to different levels of dialogue with communities and different willingness to tolerate internal conflict, creating different types of transport networks and different mobility patterns.This research shows that individually competing vehicles encounter coordination failures that limit their incentives for improving services for passengers. Meanwhile, in cities with localized, route-based associations, organizations of multiple vehicles are able to take on the initiative and risk of developing new service locations and responding to passenger demand. This is done through a complex, gradual process that includes temporary subsidies to drivers and operators, testing and measuring potential demand, and advertising the new route. The key mechanism is in competition - not between individual drivers, who manage internal competition carefully with a variety of mechanisms to distribute income opportunities fairly - but between firms and associations over territorial coverage. Understanding this phenomenon not only opens potential for engaging transport associations in planning and policymaking, but also reveals limitations to the coverage and equity of access offered by existing networks and incentive structures.Finally, this dissertation considers the effectiveness of services from the passenger and resident point of view. Mobility opportunities throughout the city circumscribe residents' opportunities and experiences, and I explore the limitations and experiences of travel in Lilongwe, Malawi, a mid-sized African capital city, focusing on mobility options, barriers and frictions. I particularly consider latent demand, or missed travel and unreachable destinations, and the physical, mental and emotional experiences of travel. A sense of constraint and limited agency emerges strongly from urban residents, in which expensive, difficult and ineffective travel is linked to poverty and marginalization. This is experienced both as curtailed physical movement, and as a deprivation of agency, sapping choice, opportunity, and time. All transport options in Lilongwe are privately provided, "informal" systems, and this study considers the effects and limitation of for-profit, market services in shaping the urban daily experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Urban planning.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Transportation.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Public policy.

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African cities

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Informal transport

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Urban spaces

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Paratransit

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Transport operators

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University of California, Berkeley City & Regional Planning

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-03A.

Host Item Entry  

Dissertation Abstract International

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joongbu:641704