Possibililties and limits of urban transport services in developing countries

The supply of public transportation in N’djamena is dominated by innumerable private enterprises operating minibuses. The stations, routes and schedules are not ixed. In addition, there is no ixed price, in other words, the fare is bargained. Consequently, these minibuses cannot meet overall transport demand, particularly to the zones of the outskirt quarters. That is why public transportation in N’Djamena is not reliable. Even though taxi motorbikes ofer their services to cater for public transportation, some problems such as lack of safety and comfort, derisory price, the absence of reliability, or poor accessibility of some quarters are on the increase. In the light of this, the question is: How can we help the current agents to improve the quality of public transportation services in N’Djamena?