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AccraMobile: Mapping the Trotro Network

Revision 2026-09-27-outcome-reclassification · effective 2026-09-27

Current revision. This is the snapshot used by the live entity page.

unreviewed

Outcome succeeded -> ongoing: the routes are still maintained in OpenStreetMap, but the published GTFS export has not been regenerated since its service calendar ran out on 31 January 2020, so the mapping's lasting result is still open.

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10
of 10 claims mapped
7
source dossiers
2
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
0
exact locators
0
content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-d8c36da283e9be95 quantitative
Almost 80% of motorised trips in Accra are made on trotros, 10-to-19-seat minibuses run by private operators along fixed lines and stops
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The project record states that in Accra almost 80 per cent of motorised trips use trotro lines, and describes the vehicles as 10 to 19-seater minibuses operated by private operators organised along stops and fixed lines.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Fabrique des Mobilites - Accra Mobility
Claim 2 clm-8c694ab0a99f0eb3 quantitative
In 2015 Ghana gave four Accra municipalities their own transport departments, and Concordia University students identified the roughly 300 lines that make up the network and assessed the level of service on 60 of them
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The record states that in 2015 Ghana's government provided Departments of Transport in four municipalities of Accra, and that in phases 1 and 2 Concordia University students identified the 300 lines composing the network and then qualified the level of service for 60 of them.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Fabrique des Mobilites - Accra Mobility
Claim 3 clm-3bcd44bee7c711b2 quantitative
A second campaign from 19 July to late September 2017, run with the consultancy Transitec, the Jungle Bus team, the French development agency AFD and Ghana's OpenStreetMap community, sent six contributors into the field to record stops and routes directly into OpenStreetMap; a GTFS feed is generated from that data with OSM2GTFS
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The project page names the Jungle Bus team, AFD, Transitec and the local OSM community, dates field collection from 19 July to late September 2017, records that bus stops were collected by six OSM contributors, and states a GTFS is created from the data with OSM2GTFS.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. OpenStreetMap Wiki - AccraMobile3
Claim 4 clm-13e416a071ce8d46 descriptive
The network is in OpenStreetMap, where Ghana's mapping community maintains the routes
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The Trufi Association states that the routes are maintained by the OSM Ghana community; the project page documents that the lines were mapped into OpenStreetMap.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Trufi Association - Trotro, Accra, Ghana (app page)
  2. OpenStreetMap Wiki - AccraMobile3
Claim 5 clm-707aa875882e7b84 descriptive
a GTFS generated from it is still downloadable from AFD's project repository
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The feed registry lists AFD's repository as the current static GTFS URL and records a successful fetch of valid GTFS data in September 2026; the repository describes itself as AFD's Accra Mobility project data.
Caveat
The repository says it has moved to DigitalTransport4Africa's GitLab; the GitHub copy is the one the registry still fetches.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Transitland - Accra Trotro GTFS feed (currency check)
  2. GitHub - AFDLab4Dev/AccraMobility (project data repository)
Claim 6 clm-4ea56cdd06079f35 descriptive
it is the basis of the Trotro App, a passenger app published by the Trufi Association
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The Trufi Association lists the Trotro App as its Accra project and ties it to the AccraMobile3 data.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Trufi Association - Trotro App, Accra
Claim 7 clm-87a03e7fb860646b quantitative
the feed served today carries a service calendar that ran out on 31 January 2020, and it has not been regenerated from the map since
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The registry shows the active feed version was added on 6 March 2019 with a latest service date of 31 January 2020, and that this is still the version served when fetched in September 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Transitland - Accra Trotro GTFS feed (currency check)
Claim 8 clm-aeb95024f37974fe quantitative
A separate GTFS, from a May–June 2015 data-collection campaign, is published in the World Bank's data catalogue
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The catalogue record states that the data was collected in May and June 2015 as part of a data collection campaign on Accra's transport.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. World Bank Data Catalog - Accra, Ghana: General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
Claim 9 clm-e1018882ffde7c1f descriptive
the data outlived its funder because it was put somewhere anyone can edit, and the community still keeps the routes current
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The project placed the network in OpenStreetMap rather than an agency system, and the Trufi Association states the routes are maintained by the OSM Ghana community.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. OpenStreetMap Wiki - AccraMobile3
  2. Trufi Association - Trotro, Accra, Ghana (app page)
Claim 10 clm-46afe644f2e61df6 quantitative
nobody regenerates the GTFS from the map, so the file a planner or an app would download still describes 2019
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
The active feed version dates from March 2019 and is still the one served in September 2026.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Transitland - Accra Trotro GTFS feed (currency check)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

unreviewed Revision 2026-09-27-outcome-reclassification effective 2026-09-27 · created 2026-09-27

Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither.

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Revision history → Permanent version link → Machine-readable record → Evidence Constitution →
10
of 10 claims mapped
7
source dossiers
2
publication dates recorded
0
archives linked
0
exact locators
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content captures hashed

Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Accra Metropolitan Assembly - Department of Transport (with AFD)
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
grant
Funding description
Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD)
Cost
Not recorded
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

7 source dossiers

World Bank Data Catalog - Accra, Ghana: General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) datacatalog.worldbank.org · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-2844ab14ba680aca
Publisher
Name not classified · datacatalog.worldbank.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
2023-01-19
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The catalogue record under which the derived GTFS is published. The page carries no publication date, only a revision stamp of 2023-01-19.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
OpenStreetMap Wiki - AccraMobile3 wiki.openstreetmap.org · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-10b09f400d09c8ea
Publisher
Name not classified · wiki.openstreetmap.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The project page documenting the 2017 field campaign, its partners and the mapping protocol. A continuously edited wiki page with no publication date.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
La Fabrique des Mobilites - Accra Mobility wiki.lafabriquedesmobilites.fr · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-630cbec950e3b541
Publisher
Name not classified · wiki.lafabriquedesmobilites.fr
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

A project record describing the three phases and the share of motorised trips carried by trotros. A continuously edited wiki page with no publication date.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Transitland - Accra Trotro GTFS feed (currency check) transit.land · 3 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-dc984be4605e8fba
Publisher
Name not classified · transit.land
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

A feed registry entry, used to check the service calendar of the feed served today. No publication date is recorded for this page.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
GitHub - AFDLab4Dev/AccraMobility (project data repository) github.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-aec6b3b49478ced5
Publisher
Name not classified · github.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

AFD's own repository for 'the project Accra Mobility (previously Accra Mobile)': maps, GTFS and papers. The repository is marked deprecated and points onward to DigitalTransport4Africa's GitLab. No publication date is recorded for this page.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Trufi Association - Trotro App, Accra trufi-association.org · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-286005af3358fc3c
Publisher
Name not classified · trufi-association.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2021-11-22
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The community journey planner built on the AccraMobile3 OpenStreetMap data, launched 2019 and described as 'mapped, developed, and updated by the Accra OpenStreetMap community'. Nothing in this entry rests on the app-store listings it links to.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Trufi Association - Trotro, Accra, Ghana (app page) trufi-association.org · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-a32b82b3a4b2ee02
Publisher
Name not classified · trufi-association.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-06-09
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-27
Dossier created
2026-09-27
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The Trufi Association's page for the Trotro journey planner: it states that the routes are maintained by the OSM Ghana community and that the initial mapping was done in 2017 by AccraMobile3.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this file
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.