RTTP
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Adoption patterns
'Old fashioned' image
Transport devices costly
Women and children have poor access
Multiple uses
Complementarity
Critical mass
Markets stimulate transport
Inadequate investment
Non-transport solutions
 
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Transport devices often costly relative to income
Many local transport solutions are cheap relative to motor options, but expensive relative to local incomes. High cost limits adoption. People who can purchase, through savings or credit, find intermediate means of transport a good investment, due to the profitability of transport, marketing and hiring out.

Photograph by Paul Starkey ©
Strong but expensive horses with a wagon in South Africa
A simple bicycle is expensive relative to household incomes in Madagascar. However, if funds can be obtained to purchase a bicycle, it can be used to generate income. In this case the men are using their bicycles to sell milk.
Photograph by Paul Starkey ©
Photograph by Paul Starkey ©
A family assembling a very simple wooden cart in Zimbabwe. This cart is not as efficient or as long-lasting as one with pneumatic tyres, but it is much more affordable.

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