Activity Patterns, Transport and Policies for the Urban Poor
Case Study of Colombo, Sri Lanka
This report presents the findings of the Research Project R 7789 activity Patterns, Transport
and Policies for the Urban Poor which was funded by the Department for International
Development (DFID) of UK Government. The study was carried out by three UK
collaborators and their local partners. These included TRL with University of Zimbabwe,
CIDT with COMPTRAN, Ghana, WEDC with SEVANATHA Urban Resource Centre, Sri
Lanka.
The present report contains the findings of the Colombo case study which was carried out
during the period March 2001 to June 2002 by SEVANATHA Urban Resource Centre with
the assistance of many institutions and resource persons engaged in the transport sector in Sri
Lanka.