Cooperatives involvement in the paratransit sector: Experiences and lessons in Nairobi

dc.contributor.authorOrero, R.
dc.contributor.authorMcCormick, Dorothy
dc.contributor.editorBehrens, Roger.
dc.contributor.editorCameron, Bill.
dc.contributor.editorFroschauer, Pauline.
dc.contributor.emailrisorero@yahoo.comen_US
dc.contributor.otherSouthern African Transport Conference (32nd : 2013 : Pretoria, South Africa)
dc.contributor.otherMinister of Transport, South Africa
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-04T11:34:45Z
dc.date.available2014-02-04T11:34:45Z
dc.date.created2013-07-08
dc.date.issuedJuly 2013en_US
dc.descriptionThis paper was transferred from the original CD ROM created for this conference. The material was published using Adobe Acrobat 10.1.0 Technology. The original CD ROM was produced by Document Transformation Technologies Postal Address: PO Box 560 Irene 0062 South Africa. Tel.: +27 12 667 2074 Fax: +27 12 667 2766 E-mail: nigel@doctech URL: http://www.doctech.co.zaen_US
dc.description.abstractPaper presented at the 32nd Annual Southern African Transport Conference 8-11 July 2013 "Transport and Sustainable Infrastructure", CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, South Africa.en_US
dc.description.abstractCooperatives have become an important part of understanding performance and the provision of public transport system in many African cities. However, recently they have also become a means through which to regulate the paratranit sector. Paratransit, by definition should offer a transport system parallel to the main public transport services. However, in most African cities paratransit have become the sole providers of public transport which is characterised by atomised ownership with most operators owning just one vehicle. Such ownership structures generally affect the performance of each operator and subsequently make it difficult to regulate them. The public authority regulators have been encouraging the formation of transport cooperatives by the operators to possibly attain better organisation, ease in regulation and improved provision of service to commuters. In an effort to achieve such benefits, In October 2010, the Kenya public transport regulators made it a mandatory requirement for paratransit operators to join Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs). The question to be asked is to what extent has the implementation of the policy lead to the improvement/change in the performance, organisation and regulation of the paratransit sector. The paper uses both primary and secondary data to show how the formation of cooperatives have impacted the paratransit operations in the last two years, discusses the difficulties faced in the implementation and highlight the importance of adequate timing to make feasible the realisation of the objectives of such policies.en_US
dc.description.librarianmv2014en_US
dc.format.extent10 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumPDFen_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-920017-62-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/33275
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSATC 2013en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries2A_Orero_Cooperativesen_US
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoriaen_US
dc.subjectCooperatives Nairobi Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectCredit Cooperative Societiesen_US
dc.subjectParatransiten_US
dc.subjectPublic transport systemen_US
dc.subject.lcshTransportationen_US
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- Africaen_US
dc.subject.lcshTransportation -- Southern Africaen_US
dc.titleCooperatives involvement in the paratransit sector: Experiences and lessons in Nairobien_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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