Que sait-on sur la marche à pied et sur les citadins africains qui la pratiquent quotidiennement, parfois sur de longues distances ? Finalement, assez peu de choses, tant les enquêtes classiques se concentrent sur les modes motorisés. Partant de ce constat, nous montrons, à l'aide d'enquête...

This paper applies the theme of sustainable development to the case of urban transport and daily mobility of the inhabitants of a city. A set of indicators which simultaneously takes the three dimensions of sustainability––environmental, economic, and social––into account is suggested....

Transportation in Dar es Salaam is particularly difficult. Statistical data drawn from the 1993 Human Resources Development Survey confirm that in unplanned settlements, transportation conditions and access to urban services are less favourable than in the rest of the city. The poverty of a...

Une grande partie des citadins des villes de l'Afrique subsaharienne subit au quotidien des difficultés pour satisfaire les besoins de mobilité, notamment pour des activités loin du domicile. L'objectif de cette communication est d'analyser les conditions de déplacements des citadins dans...

La croissance démographique et la prédominance de l'habitat horizontal en Afrique de l'Ouest ont favorisé une forte extension spatiale des villes africaines qui rend de plus en plus difficiles les conditions de déplacement des citadins, particulièrement des pauvres. Ceux-ci se trouvent...

Dans un contexte d'urbanisation rapide et d'extension de la pauvreté urbaine en Afrique, une grande partie de la population connaît des difficultés pour satisfaire ses besoins de mobilité et subit, au quotidien, des conditions de transport de plus en plus difficiles. Mais au-delà de ce...

Major deficiencies in urbanisation and transportation systems are reinforcing patterns of social and urban segregation in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's largest city. Analysis of the 1993 Human Resources Development Survey shows that there are numerous obstacles to the daily travel of the city's...

This paper compares experiences in the application of different approaches to passenger travel data collection in francophone and anglophone cities of West, Central and Southern Africa. Its aim is to identify possible improvements through which common problems might be addressed. The paper draws...

There have been few attempts in the past to compare travel survey findings in francophone and anglophone African countries. The low-income populations of West and Southern African cities however share many socio-economic characteristics that influence travel behaviour (e.g. high levels of...

In Sub-Saharan Africa the cost of transport faced by city dwellers, particularly the poor, tends to add to their travel and economic difficulties. Knowledge of the burden of transport expenditure in the household budget seems essential for passenger transport policy formulation in order to...