Characterizing the movement patterns of minibus taxis in Kampala’s paratransit system

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dc.contributor.authorNdibatya, Innocent
dc.contributor.authorBooysen, M.J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-04T18:16:41Z
dc.date.available2022-06-04T18:16:41Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractUrban travelers in Africa depend on minibus taxis for their daily social and business commuting. This paratransit system is loosely regulated, self-organizing, and evolves organically in response to demand. Our study used floating car data to analyze and describe the movement characteristics of nine minibus taxis in Kampala, Uganda. We made three intriguing findings. Firstly, in searching for, picking up and transporting passengers, minibus taxi trajectories followed a heavy-tailed power-law distribution similar to a “Lévy walk”. Secondly, their routes' topology and shape gradually changed. Thirdly, the extraordinary winding (expressed in terms of tortuosity) of the paths suggested the extreme determination of the drivers' search for passengers. Our findings could help city planners to build on the self-organizing characteristics of the minibus taxi system, and improve the mobility of travelers, by optimizing routes and the distribution of public amenities.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNdibatya, I., & Booysen, M. J. (2021). Characterizing the movement patterns of minibus taxis in Kampala's paratransit system. Journal of Transport Geography, 92, 103001.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103001en_US
dc.identifier.issn0966-6923
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3670
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Transport Geographyen_US
dc.subjectDemand-responsive transport; Paratransit; Minibus taxi; Matatu; Tortuosity; Lévy walk; Self-organizingen_US
dc.titleCharacterizing the movement patterns of minibus taxis in Kampala’s paratransit systemen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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