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Connecting through public transport: accessibility to health and education in major African cities

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  • Aiga Stokenberga

    (World Bank Group)

  • Eulalie Saïsset

    (CRIS - Centre de recherche sur les inégalités sociales (Sciences Po, CNRS) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Tamara Kerzhner

    (University of Toronto)

  • Xavier Espinet Alegre

    (World Bank Group)

Abstract

Transport matters for health and education outcomes, by ensuring physical access to crucial facilities. Using spatial modelling techniques and routable public transport service data, this study assesses the effectiveness of mostly semi fixed-route public transport systems in connecting people to advanced healthcare and education facilities in African cities. Uncovering significant pockets of ‘accessibility poverty' – travel times above an acceptable level – it underscores the inequality in access within the cities, disproportionately affecting poor populations. Proximity of public transport to homes matters but has limited impact, due to how the routes, operated mainly by informal service providers, are allocated across the urban space and the low technical performance. The low ‘value added' of public transport compared to walking helps explain the prevalence of foot travel. Tailored policy interventions – improving the public transport systems and, equally importantly, ensuring more equitable spatial distribution of advanced healthcare facilities – emerge as crucial strategies for addressing accessibility poverty.

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  • Aiga Stokenberga & Eulalie Saïsset & Tamara Kerzhner & Xavier Espinet Alegre, 2024. "Connecting through public transport: accessibility to health and education in major African cities," Post-Print hal-04661340, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04661340
    DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2024.2364619
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