The literature on urban travel behaviour in Africa is sparse, limiting our understanding of how urban transport policies respond to human and planetary needs. We conducted a cross-sectional household telephone survey on 1334 participants, using a 24 h time-use diary, to investigate travel behaviour and barriers to active travel (walking and cycling) in Yaoundé, Cameroon. We found that two-thirds of all participants reported at least one trip; the median (IQR) numbers of trips per capita and per participant with trips were 2 (0–3) and 2 (2–3), respectively. The main trip modes were shared taxi (46%), walking (27%), private cars (11%), and motorcycle taxis (10%), with 25%, 56%, and 45% of all participants reporting the use of active, motorise...
Background: As malaria prevalence declines in many parts of the world due to widescale control effor...
ABSTRACTThe rise in automobiles within rapidly developing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa necessitates...
This article examines the effects of urban growth and urbanisation on travel behaviour in Ghanaian c...
Travel has individual, societal and planetary health implications. We explored socioeconomic and gen...
International audienceThis paper examines access to the city as revealed by the daily travel behavio...
The emergence of motorcycle taxis as a mode of urban transport in Africa can be seen as a bottom-up ...
The potential contribution of cycling as an in-expensive, affordable and sustainable mode of travel ...
African cities facing urban disorder have to deal with the exclusion of the poor from motorised move...
The use of paratransit has been the most popular transport in many African mega cities. In Dar es Sa...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of drinking and driving on roadways in urban ar...
Proceedings on CD-ROMThere have been few attempts in the past to compare travel survey findings in f...
There is lack of literature on international comparison of gender differences in the use of active t...
International audienceIn both the cities of the North and the South, personal security is one of the...
This report describes the results of an extensive online survey that has been conducted to collect e...
Gender influences the travel behaviour of individuals. The travel behaviour differences between men ...
Background: As malaria prevalence declines in many parts of the world due to widescale control effor...
ABSTRACTThe rise in automobiles within rapidly developing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa necessitates...
This article examines the effects of urban growth and urbanisation on travel behaviour in Ghanaian c...
Travel has individual, societal and planetary health implications. We explored socioeconomic and gen...
International audienceThis paper examines access to the city as revealed by the daily travel behavio...
The emergence of motorcycle taxis as a mode of urban transport in Africa can be seen as a bottom-up ...
The potential contribution of cycling as an in-expensive, affordable and sustainable mode of travel ...
African cities facing urban disorder have to deal with the exclusion of the poor from motorised move...
The use of paratransit has been the most popular transport in many African mega cities. In Dar es Sa...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of drinking and driving on roadways in urban ar...
Proceedings on CD-ROMThere have been few attempts in the past to compare travel survey findings in f...
There is lack of literature on international comparison of gender differences in the use of active t...
International audienceIn both the cities of the North and the South, personal security is one of the...
This report describes the results of an extensive online survey that has been conducted to collect e...
Gender influences the travel behaviour of individuals. The travel behaviour differences between men ...
Background: As malaria prevalence declines in many parts of the world due to widescale control effor...
ABSTRACTThe rise in automobiles within rapidly developing nations in Sub-Saharan Africa necessitates...
This article examines the effects of urban growth and urbanisation on travel behaviour in Ghanaian c...