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editor — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:18:00 +0000

Role of Informal Collective Transport and Private Two-Wheelers While car ownership may be on the rise in the cities of the Global South, informal collective modes, sometimes referred to as ‘para-transit’ or low-cost transport, and private two-wheelers are leading the way in mass motorization. Informal transit coexists with formal public transport, such as buses, metro systems, and trams, and survives by filling service gaps. In Nairobi, Kenya, 33 percent of total public transport trips are provided by matututs, consisting of a range of vehicles from minibuses and vans to pickups. Mini- and micro-buses provide 510 percent of trips in India

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The Best Places to Travel in 2018

editor — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 18:57:00 +0000

A good example of connectivity for peri-urban lower-income communities and slum settlements can be found in Cape Town. Here, the objective of the arterial road design was to link the pockets of disadvantaged communities to the city centre. Responding to the fractured internal spatial structure after the collapse of Apartheid, the vision for Cape Town was to achieve a higher density and a spatially integrated city. The resulting plan identified arterial roads, with a concentration of middle-class residents, and the roads that connected the city core with the south-east section of Cape Town, where there was an over-representation of disadvantaged

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