ABSTRACT
Growing urbanisation and economic activity in countries of the global South are placing immense demands on the transport sector. Rising incomes are increasing motorisation at unprecedented rates, with the number of vehicles doubling in some countries every 5–7 years. This capter highlights some key common challenges faced by cities as a broad, though not exhaustive, survey of issues. The lack of an integrated approach to transport planning is ubiquitous across the relatively low-income cities of the global South, particularly in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. This includes integration not only across transport modes – public, private, informal, non-motorised and freight, and the infrastructure supporting them, but also crucial integration across the interlinked land use, transport and economic development sectors. Currently, in many cities, passengers pay significantly higher cumulative costs when using a combination of informal transport modes and public transport modes.
