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Accelerating COVID-19 related best practice in the urban motorcycle taxi sector in sub-Saharan Africa country report: Ghana

Published: July 2021

Main topic: Crisis response, COVID-19, Public transport

Study countrie(s): Ghana

Written by: Krijn Peters, Simon Ntramah

Published by: Building and Road Research Institute, Swansea University

Study type: Research report

The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic and the various measures put in place to mitigate its spread did have a considerable impact on the urban transport sector. This report presents and assesses the findings of approximately 80 motorcycle and motor-tricycle taxi operators and approximately 15 key stakeholder interviews conducted in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. The main purpose is to provide evidence-based inputs to policy formulation.