Facilitation Services for Consultation on Motorcycle Operations in Ghana, Final Report

The Ministry of Transport is reviewing regulations which proscribes the use of Powered Two- or Three-Wheelers for fare-paying services

Abstract

Motorcycle and tricycle taxis have, in recent years, become an important public transport service option in Ghana. Nonetheless, the road traffic regulations (LI 2180) in the country forbid the use of Powered Two- or Three-Wheelers (PTWs) to offer fare-paying passenger services. The Ministry of Transport (MoT) is reviewing the transport regulations including the Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180, which proscribes the use of PTWs for fare-paying passenger services. Consequently, a nationwide consultation was commissioned to elicit perspectives of all transport stakeholders from the ten previous regional capitals on the current legislation, which bans the use of PTWs to offer fare-paying passenger services. It was unequivocally established that participants wanted the current legislation to be revised to enable PTWs to offer fare-paying passenger services.

This work is part of the Applied Research on Rural Roads and Transport Services through Community Access Programmes in Africa and Asia (AFCAP2 and AsCAP)

Citation

Afukaar, F. and Damsere-Derry, J. (2019). Facilitation Services for Consultation on Motorcycle Operations in Ghana, Final Report. London: ReCAP for DFID.

Facilitation Services for Consultation on Motorcycle Operations in Ghana, Final Report

Published 16 July 2019