ABSTRACT
Current rates of urbanization in the cities of the global south place considerable pressures on the public facilities and infrastructures that service their growing populations. 1 More particularly with respect to the focus of this chapter, they give rise to problems associated with access and mobility, as transport system capacities have seldom, if ever, increased at the same rate as travel demand. The majority of city populations in the global south do not have the resources to own private motor cars, and consequently the roles of public transport services, walking, bicycles and motorcycles assume great importance in sustaining their livelihoods.
