Digitalization of informal transport

Session context, objectives and key issues:

• Digitalization is now a major driver for structuring and professionalizing mobility services by connecting users, operators and authorities through digital platforms.
• The growth of digital payments, in particular, offers new opportunities to simplify fare payment, secure operator revenues and improve the transparency of financial flows.
• These tools also help optimize operations, vehicle allocation, occupancy rates and service quality.
• Their interoperability with ticketing systems and other modes of transport is gradually fostering the emergence of multimodal and integrated mobility systems.

• The data generated by these services is a strategic resource for gaining a better understanding of travel patterns, regulating the sector and planning public mobility policies.

Speakers

• Vakaramoko BAMBA, Lecturer and Researcher, Institute of Tropical Geography, SHS, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University
• Emilie MARTIN, Research
• Pablo SALAZAR-FERRO, Transitec-conseil
• Herrie SCHALEKAMP, Academic / Consultant

Moderator: Jérémy RUBEL, Director for Cooperation with Development Banks, SETEC