Urban Challenges and Informal Public Transport Services in Nigeria
Urban Challenges and Informal Public Transport Services in Nigeria

Summary/Abstract: Urban city dwellers needed to be conveyed from their places of abode to their places of work and back, on a daily basis. As the formal transportation sector dwindled in effectiveness, the informal sector grew to the point where it was meeting over 80% of urban cities' mobility demands. Proved to be indispensable in developing countries like Nigeria, where formal public transport systems were limited and irregular, at best, several modes of informal public transport services; minibuses, tricycles and motorcycles could easily access terrains and routes otherwise inaccessible to their formal counterparts. This paper discussed the roles of informal public transport services in Nigeria and how it complements its formal public transport, the risk associated with the informal public transport operations in Nigeria. In lieu of the negative externalities discussed, workable solutions were recommended such as inclusion and integration policy, and training and education.

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