ABSTRACT
Exploring hybrid delivery configurations of mobility in Sunyani, Ghana, this chapter focuses on the complex relations of formalised and informalised actors, practices and materialities. Three examples of hybrid configurations are identified based on qualitative research. This included conducting detailed field observations of various mobility sites, such as taxi and tricycle stations in the centre of Sunyani and specific neighbourhoods. It also included interacting with road experts and residents through semi-structured interviews with mobility providers and their unions, regulators, administrators and users. The chapter examines substituting practices of road maintenance and safety provision by residents, competing registered and non-registered taxi services at a local traffic hub, and complementary neighbourhood mobility systems in a comparison of resource-poor and affluent communities. A systematisation of different forms of hybridity is presented, which shows how they affect the delivery configurations of mobility in Sunyani. At the same time, the findings highlight that the dualistic perspective of formal and informal does not reflect urban realities and that urban development based on this biased perspective often leads to a growth of already existing social inequalities.
