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Urban Political Geographer | Researcher @TSUOxford | PhD @NUSgeog | Research Interests: Informality, Urban Transport, Electrification, Governance. Own views
Feb 8, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Makeshift Mobility newsletter covers the Marshrutkas of Post-Soviet cities this week. Some great research on this mobility phenomenon has come out from #IfL Leipzig in recent years. In addition to the newsletter, I list a few of the articles on Marshrutkas in this thread.
In this article, Wladimir Sgibnev and Lela Rekhviashvili discuss the fragmentation and alienation of the labour force in Marshrutka services after the introduction of ride-sharing services (such as Uber) in post-Soviet cities.
