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Diverse
transport solutions are available
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have developed a wide range of local transport solutions. The various
technologies offer different combinations (and design compromises)
of cost, weight, carrying capacity, manoeuvrability, speed, durability
and aesthetic characteristics. The private sector has been responsible
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Transporting sacks with a rickshaw in
Madagascar |
Auto-rickshaw and camel cart in Pakistan |
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Intermediate means of transport include:
- wheelbarrows and trolleys
- hand carts (two wheels, three wheels,
four wheels; large wheels, small wheels; wooden wheels, cycle
wheels, old bearings); human rickshaws
- cycle based technologies (bicycles,
delivery bicycles, tricycles, cycle-rickshaws)
- animal-drawn carts (many variations:
two wheels, four wheels; one animal, two animals; cartwheels,
rubber tyres; oxen, horses, donkeys)
- pack animals
- motorised intermediate means of
transport (mopeds, motorcycle-based, autorickshaws, power-tillers)
- small boats
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In parts of Honduras and El Salvador,
families
use goats to pull carts to collect water
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Transporting
sheep in a boat in India |
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