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La double vie de la moto au Sud du Sahara

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  • Lourdes Diaz Olvera

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Didier Plat

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Pascal Pochet

    (LET - Laboratoire d'économie des transports - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - ENTPE - École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Maïdadi Sahabana

    (Chercheur indépendant)

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa cities are simultaneously confronted with deficiencies of public transport and low levels of household car ownership. Which role can motorised two-wheelers play in this context? The case studies of Niamey and Douala show that the motorised two-wheeler used as a private mode of transport occupies a specific position within a rigid modal hierarchy where it appears as an ersatz for the car. As a mode of public transport, it represents an innovative bottom-up response to the multiform crisis of cities, even though the sustainability of this response may be questioned.

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  • Lourdes Diaz Olvera & Didier Plat & Pascal Pochet & Maïdadi Sahabana, 2009. "La double vie de la moto au Sud du Sahara," Post-Print halshs-00822995, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00822995
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    1. Pascal Pochet, 2002. "V comme Vélo ou le grand absent des capitales africaines," Post-Print halshs-00080409, HAL.
    2. Lourdes Diaz Olvera & Didier Plat & Pascal Pochet, 2008. "Logiques d'usage et formes d'appropriation de la voiture en Afrique subsaharienne," Post-Print halshs-00807564, HAL.
    3. Lourdes Diaz Olvera & Didier Plat & Pascal Pochet, 2002. "Hiérarchie sociale, hiérarchie modale dans trois capitales africaines," Post-Print halshs-00080746, HAL.
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