Analysing the mobility of people for the development of the City of Quelimane

Abstract

Transport is the main vector of economic activity insofar as it bridges the gap between the production and consumption of various goods and services that contribute to the satisfaction of society's needs. In this study, we used quantitative research using a stratified sampling method comprising 383 people from the five administrative posts to analyse the development of people's mobility for the development of the city of Quelimane. The study is based on a critical analysis of the way in which people's mobility is carried out in other cities in Mozambique, which, as has been shown, is dominated by vehicles carrying up to 15 people, while the city in which this study was carried out presents the opposite situation, as it is dominated by bicycles. Among the different results, the study suggests that most families choose bicycle taxis (around 81%), motorbikes (10%), minibuses (3.4%), their own car (3.1%), machimbombos (1.6%) and only 0.3% use car taxis and my love. The reason for choosing bicycle and motorbike taxis is that they are more plentiful and relatively affordable compared to other means of transport.