Improving public passenger transportation in Kumasi by use of High Occupancy Vehicles (HOVs)- case study of Metro Mass Transport (MMT) bus operations on three routes
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2010-07-07
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In Ghana, the "trotro" is the main public transport mode in cities. The privately owned public transport operators include the Ghana Private Road Transport Union, (GPRTU), Progressive Transport Owners Associations (PROTOA), Co-operatives and several others. The public transport services are characterized low journey speeds, long travel times, long turn around times, etc in the urban areas which results in the loss of productivity man hours.
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Thesis submitted to the Department of Civil Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science,