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Part of: Toward Efficient Informal Urban Transit

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The next guide in this series will look at the advantages and disadvantages of informal transit systems from the perspective of users, governments and operators.

References

Behrens, R., D. McCormick, & Mfinanga, D. 2015. Paratransit in African cities: Operations, regulation and reform.  London: Routledge. www.routledge.com/Paratransit-in-African-Cities-Operations-Regulation-and-Reform-1st-Edition/Behrens-McCormick-Mfinanga/p/book/9780415870337.

CDIA (Cities Development Initiative for Asia). 2011. Informal public transportation networks in three Indonesian cities. Asian Development Bank. http://cdia.asia/publication/informal-public-transportation-networks-in-three-indonesian-cities.

Cervero, R., & Golub, A. 2007. Informal transport: A global perspective. Transport Policy 14(6): 445-57. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289661223_Informal_public_transport_A_global_perspective.

Errázuriz, T., & Giucci, G. 2016. The Ambiguities of Progress: Cultural appropriation of electric trams in the Southern Cone, 1890-1950 (Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil). Icon22, 55-77. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44242741.

Godard, Xavier. 2006. Coping with paratransit in developing cities: A scheme of complementarity with institutional transport. Paper presented at Future Urban Transport Conference, Gothenberg, Sweden. Volvo Foundation for the Future of Urban Transport. 

Gwilliam, K.M. 2008. Bus transport: Is there a regulatory cycle? Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42, 1183–194. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222517355_Bus_transport_Is_there_a_regulatory_cycle.

Jennings, G., and Behrens, R. 2017. The case for investing in paratransit: Strategies for regulation and reform. Volvo Research and Education Foundation (VREF). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317357984_The_Case_for_Investing_in_Paratransit_Strategies_for_regulation_and_reform.

Levinson, D., Marshall, W., & Axhausen, K. 2017. Elements of access: Transport planning for engineers, Transport engineering for planners. Blurb Books. https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Access-Transport-Engineers-Engineering/dp/1981865187.

Mani, A., Pai, M., & Aggarwal, R. 2012. Sustainable urban transport in India: Role of the auto-rickshaw sector. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/sustainable_urban_transport_india.pdf

Reiss, A. 2014. New York’s shadow transit. The New Yorkerhttps://projects.newyorker.com/story/nyc-dollar-vans.

Rosenthal, A. 2015. The streetcar in the urban imaginary of Latin America. Journal of Urban History, 42(1), 162–79. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0096144214566972.

Rothboeck, S., & King, T. 2014. Promoting transition towards formalization: Selected good practices in four sectors. New Delhi: International Labour Organization for South Asia and Country Office for India. https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—asia/—ro-bangkok/—sro-new_delhi/documents/publication/wcms_344607.pdf.

Salazar Ferro, P. 2015. Paratransit: A key element in a dual system. CODATU and Agence Française de Développement (AFD). http://www.codatu.org/wp-content/uploads/transports_collec_artisanal_V03ecran_EN.pdf.

Venter, C., A. Mahendra, and D. Hidalgo. 2019. “From Mobility to Access for All: Expanding Urban Transportation Choices in the Global South.” Working Paper. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. Available online at www.citiesforall.org.