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Accelerating COVID-19 related best practice in the urban motorcycle taxi sector in Sub-Saharan Africa Country Report: Tanzania

Published: July 2021

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

Study countrie(s): Tanzania

Written by: Krijn Peters, Reginald Chetto

Published by: Reginald Chetto, Swansea University

Study type: Research report

The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic and the various measures put in place to mitigate its spread had a considerable impact on the urban transport sector. This report presents and assesses the findings of approximately 60 motorcycle taxi operators and approximately 15 key stakeholder interviews conducted in Dar es Salaam and Morogoro, Tanzania. The main purpose of the report is to provide evidence-based inputs to policy formulation.