Malfunctions in Abidjan's urban transport system

摘要

At the request of the Cote d'Ivoire Ministry of Transport, the CERTU is conducting a survey on malfunctions in Abidjan's urban transport system. One of the main aims of the work is to assess, for the whole of the Abidjan area, the cost to society of road accidents, congestion, limitations on mobility as well as from the noise and atmospheric pollution that can be ascribed to transport. The report gives the costing methods used in the survey and shows the difficulties and limits of the exercise. In particular, through the case of atmospheric pollution, it shows that the transfer of concepts and techniques foreign to a developing country raises problems both practical (collecting information, adjusting models) and theoretical (costing damage, deciding realistic policies for reducing pollution).