1. Informal Public Transport Good or Bad??
“Service”
Lebanon, Jordan,
Israel, Palestine
“Cars Rapide”
Senegal
“Micro”
Peru
“Danfo”
Nigeria
“TroTro”
Ghana
Informal Public Transport Good or Bad??
“Combi”
South Africa
“Jeepney”
the Philippines
“Dolmus”
Turkey
“Tempo”
India
“Bemo”
Indonesia

2. Informal Public Transport
A mode of transport prevalent in developing countries where private sector entrepreneurs operate small passenger vehicles on a route with no schedules and no formal stops;
The services
operate when the entrepreneurs choose
begin their runs at terminals which they generally leave when they are either full or close
stop to pick up and drop off passengers anywhere along the way to a terminal at the other end of the route
may divert off the given route;
Regulation
Entry?
Fare?
Safety?

3. Formal Public Transport
A mode of public transport that utilizes relatively larger vehicles that operate on a fixed route, with a fixed schedule serving only designated stops and terminals
Formal public transport is strongly regulated with respect to operator entry, bus standards, fares, span of service and schedules, stops and terminals and labor practices
Services may either be provided by a state owned enterprise or by the private sector on the basis of competitively procured contracts or concession agreements

6. The Debate
Informal public transport should be left alone, with minimal regulation -- the number of vehicles plying, vehicle safety and condition and driver skills; Or
2. Informal public transport should be eliminated in favor of more highly regulated, formal public transport.

7. Manila