ACCESSIBILITY, MOBILITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

The creation of a modern transportation system in any country is not only a func-tion of resource utilization, technology and willpower of the people but also the political economy of the state. While the transport system which evolved in the U.S.A. facilitated the development t of a self-centered economy, the situation in Ghana is different. The geometry of the transport system in ghana was tailored to assist the growth of an external metropolitan economy. The result has been the neglect of rural feeder roads which should necessarily form the backdrop against which the improvement of the rest of the national transportation network must be seen. In this paper a comparative analysis of the evolution of the transportation systems of the U.S.A. and GHANA is carried out and the impact of the transport systems on socio-economic activity in both countries examined. Finally recommendations are offered for improvement of the Ghanaian transport system. The Concept Of Development The concept of development2 is one issue that has received tremendous attention an