- Drawing up a map of all the stakeholders involved and/or affected by the bus acquisition project. Identifying the stakeholders to be involved as a matter of priority.
- Identifying the place occupied by the paratransit sector within the urban transport system.
- Highlighting the shortcomings of the transport system, as well as the major issues (including the interaction between the stakeholders) in its development and modernisation.
Related questions
- Urban Mobility : what are the stakeholders? What distribution of powers? What is the coordination between the various stakeholders ? What is the contracting authority for urban developments that could affect mobility ?
- Organising authority: who has the status of Autorité Organisatrice des Transports Urbains (organising authority for urban transport)? What are its main functions? How would the AOTU be involved in the bus acquisition project?
- Financial backers: do the traffic revenues (passengers) cover the operating costs? If not, are there any public contributions (state, communities, etc.) ?
- Who finances, in whole or in part, the vehicles (operators, public authorities, banks, international financial backers, etc.) ? Would the terms apply to new, more expensive vehicles?
- Paratransit: what is the proportion of independent informal transport, how is it organised and are there any consolidation and professionalisation initiatives?
- Staff/social: who defines the rules for access to urban transport professions (operators, drivers)? Should the bus acquisition project change/make them more stringent? What protection is envisaged for the different stakeholders?
- Maintenance: who performs the maintenance on a daily basis, and the cyclical servicing? What organisation could be put in place to improve vehicle availability and safety, and increase longevity?
