Description, Roles, and Functions of Paratransit
Paratransit is key to future mobility solutions, but defining it is difficult when it is so diverse. Discover how paratransit works - and how it can better serve the Global South of tomorrow.
What’s in this Report?
The Global South is urbanising fast.
And with urbanisation, comes transport demand. Right now, much of the Global South’s mobility is served by small, unregulated paratransit operators. In Africa and Latin America, paratransit covers around half of all public transport journeys.
But when paratransit is so diverse, it is hard to consider when forming mobility strategies.
Explore the characteristics, roles, and functions that paratransit can serve as a major mobility provider across the Global South.
Contents:
- Overview of the paratransit sector
- Planning transport with paratransit
- 4 global case studies, including India, the Philippines, South Africa, and Turkey
- Recommendations from UITP
