Until 1997, Karachi’s public transport had an important government component in the form of the Karachi Transport Corporation (KTC). It had large comfortable buses, depots, workshops and bus stops in the right locations, and people were happy with it.
This report, one of the Building Issues series, addresses the fundamental need for effective urban transport in low income countries. It reports on the findings of a desk study focused in particular on background material produced when Sida developed an urban transport strategy, and on material developed by the World Bank in its preparation of a revised Urban Transport Sector Strategy Review. The report also draws on the author’s extensive experience as a private consultant on the issue of urban transport.
This book is part of a DFID funded series undertaken by WEDC, discussing issues of partnership in different sectoral and thematic contexts. This particular book, one of several on transport, looks at the links between public transport and the livelihoods of the poor, setting transport within the sustainable livelihoods approach – in other words, considering transport as one of the many linked assets that contribute to households being able to meet their needs.
