How dependable and sustainable are the low cost public transport options in meeting mobility needs in Nigerian urban centres?

Many Nigerian urban centres, like their counterparts in other developing countries, are expanding at phenomenal rates, that range from 4 to 9 per cent per annum. The attendant rapid population growth, the burgeoning spatial extent of the urban centres, and high dependence on inadequate and inefficient low cost public transport modes are deepening the concern on how to substantially meet the mobility and accessibility needs of poor urban residents in particular. The principal question, therefore, is that, given the prevailing poor operating conditions and high fares of public transport among other things, how can public transport services be made more affordable and sustainable, such that the vast majority of the urban poor that consume these services can benefit more. For the covering abstract see ITRD E116619.