The Mobility Trap

This book confronts the persistent problem of transport exclusion in Global South cities, where urban poor populations-reliant almost entirely on walking-face arduous journeys and daily risks to their safety.


It reveals that the concerns of local populations are rarely at the forefront of transport policy decisions, sometimes resulting from a wish to streamline traffic flows but at other times to explicitly exclude the poor. Addressing the issue of neo-colonialism, the book shows how socially just planning can fulfil the mobility and accessibility needs of urban poor citizens.