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Livelihood and Mobility Interconnections. Obvious connections: Travel to work Transport as work SLAM mobility considerations Mobility’s contribution to livelihood capability Locality, accessibility and transport infrastructure in relation to the rural-urban spectrum
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Livelihood and Mobility Interconnections • Obvious connections: • Travel to work • Transport as work • SLAM mobility considerations • Mobility’s contribution to livelihood capability • Locality, accessibility and transport infrastructure in relation to the rural-urban spectrum • Differentiated mobility by income strata • Relative immobility of poor & their restricted transport assets
Livelihoods and Mobility • Types of mobility • Residential • Settlement timing • Locational flexibility • Daily Short-distance • Distance to work vis-à-vis formal & informal work • Modal choice - influences travel time and speed • Annual long-distance • Importance of social visits
Mobility and the Capital Asset Pentagon • Trade-offs with respect to Livelihoods, Access and Mobility
Mobility and the Capital Asset Pentagon • Social Capital Asset Trade-offs
Mobility and the Capital Asset Pentagon • Financial Capital Assets and Transport Investment
Conceptualising Livelihoods & Mobility in the SLAM Project • Importance of access and mobility to the generation of economic & non-economic activities (including social visits) • Livelihoods analysis facilitated a multi-sectoral investigation of mobility with respect to: • Social services • Formal and informal work • Social capital pursuits • Mobility and work patterns are highly income-differentiated which must be addressed in poverty alleviation
Indices of Relative Immobility: Low- and Medium-Income Transport as a Proportion of Mean High-Income Levels UGANDA ZIMBABWE Low Medium High Low Medium High • Relative Wealth • Income/Expenditure 7 28 100 29 57 100 • Daily Short-distance Trips • Total time travelling 102 109 100 119 114 100 • Total distance 54 97 100 54 60 100 • Average trip speed 46 86 100 52 58 100 • Proportion walking 295 211 100 595 116 100 • Proportion fare 92 116 100 129 156 100 • Paying transport • Annual Long-distance Travel • Total distance 44 54 100 17 34 100 • Household Transport Assets and Expenditure • Bicycle Possession 70 81 100 92 70 100 • Car Possession 0 22 100 22 65 100 • Proportion of HH • Expenditure on 63 84 100 68 86 100 transport Source: SLAM data, 2001
Policies to Promote ‘Efficient’ Mobility and Access • Ensuring access through planning • Sensitivity to income-differentiated mobility needs • Meeting locality-differentiated mobility needs • Traffic alleviation in the primate city • Preventing future traffic problems in secondary cities • Exploring peri-urban potentialities • Village visions