Some 500,000 motorcycles were estimated to be operating in Mali in 2009, with two-thirds of them inexpensive Chinese made cycles, known locally as "Jakarta"s, which boast better fuel economy but fewer safety features than more expensive Japanese or Western brands. In the 1990s, Bamako banned horse carts, which caused an increase in hand carts on the streets.
The Bamako-Dakar line, which has been described as dilapidated, was owned by a joint company established by Mali and Senegal in 1995, with the eventual goal of privatization.
In 2003 the two countries sold a 25-year concession to run the rail line to a Canadian company, which has pledged to upgrade equipment and infrastructure. The Malian portion of the railroad carried an estimated 536,000 tons of freight and 778,000 passengers in 1999.
Nevertheless, improvements have been noted in the early 2000s.
In the early 2000s, there also were plans to construct a new rail line between Bamako and Kouroussa and Kankan in Guinea. As of 2013, passenger services in Mali were being offered three days between Bamako and Kayes via Kati and Diamou.Railway roads should also be more safer because there have been a lot of death because of that in Mali. == Highways == Mali had a road network totaling about 18,563 kilometers in 2000, including about 4,450 kilometers of paved roads.
Mali's export trade suffered when turbulence in Côte d’Ivoire in the early 2000s interrupted that trade route. Mali has 1,815 kilometers of inland waterways, principally the Niger River, some portions of which are navigable for medium and large shipping during the rainy season (June/July–November/December) in years of normal rainfall.
The line is potentially significant because it links landlocked Mali to the port of Dakar, increasingly of interest for Malian exports in the face of the disruption of access to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, as a result of civil conflict in that country beginning in late 2002.
As part of infrastructure improvements in 2002, the runway at Bamako was extended, and new airstrips were built in previously isolated areas of the west—Kayes, Mopti, and Sikasso.
In 2003 the two countries sold a 25-year concession to run the rail line to a Canadian company, which has pledged to upgrade equipment and infrastructure. The Malian portion of the railroad carried an estimated 536,000 tons of freight and 778,000 passengers in 1999.
The Malian Equipment and Transport Ministry reported that the first half of 2008 saw 254 deaths and 1,924 injuries on Mali's roads, following on 579 deaths in 2007 and 642 in 2006.
The Malian Equipment and Transport Ministry reported that the first half of 2008 saw 254 deaths and 1,924 injuries on Mali's roads, following on 579 deaths in 2007 and 642 in 2006.
Louis in Senegal. == Aviation == In 2007 Mali reportedly had 29 airports, 8 of which had paved runways.
The Malian Equipment and Transport Ministry reported that the first half of 2008 saw 254 deaths and 1,924 injuries on Mali's roads, following on 579 deaths in 2007 and 642 in 2006.
The government has pledged 15 billion CFAF in 2009 to fund road safety, and has pledged to create a national road security agency to control highway traffic. ===Police corruption=== While police control barriers are a common sight on African highways, and while illicit demands for bribes at such stops are common in many countries, the main Malian highway heading south from Bamako to the Burkina Faso border was singled out in late 2008 as the worst in West Africa.
An average of twenty-nine roadblocks, almost 4 for every 100 km, were reported from June to September 2008.
Some 500,000 motorcycles were estimated to be operating in Mali in 2009, with two-thirds of them inexpensive Chinese made cycles, known locally as "Jakarta"s, which boast better fuel economy but fewer safety features than more expensive Japanese or Western brands. In the 1990s, Bamako banned horse carts, which caused an increase in hand carts on the streets.
The government has pledged 15 billion CFAF in 2009 to fund road safety, and has pledged to create a national road security agency to control highway traffic. ===Police corruption=== While police control barriers are a common sight on African highways, and while illicit demands for bribes at such stops are common in many countries, the main Malian highway heading south from Bamako to the Burkina Faso border was singled out in late 2008 as the worst in West Africa.
In the early 2000s, there also were plans to construct a new rail line between Bamako and Kouroussa and Kankan in Guinea. As of 2013, passenger services in Mali were being offered three days between Bamako and Kayes via Kati and Diamou.Railway roads should also be more safer because there have been a lot of death because of that in Mali. == Highways == Mali had a road network totaling about 18,563 kilometers in 2000, including about 4,450 kilometers of paved roads.
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