Global Network for Popular Transportation

We are a global network of researchers, consultants, advocates, companies, agencies, and institutions committed to changing how the world sees popular transportation. 

Popular transportation is the privately provided, publicly serving local transportation services and systems that emerge in nearly every city in the Global South. It is sometimes referred to as “informal transportation,” “paratransit,” “intermediate public transit,” or “artisanal public transportation.” 

We believe that popular transportation can play a crucial role in decarbonizing transportation through a Just Transition. We know these systems can be powerful economic mobility engines and create more sustainable and inclusive cities.