The diversity of local transport solutions can be clearly seen in the vicinity of markets. Markets involve the inward and outward transport of many goods and they attract many people (traders and customers). This creates many different transport markets (people/goods, nearby/distant, light/heavy, prestigious/economical). Around markets there may be production and repair facilities, raw materials and scrap yards. The wide range of transport solutions seen in close proximity illustrates both the diversity and the complementarity transport devices. The different local transport solutions each offer a different combination of design compromises between cost, weight, carrying capacity, manoeuvrability, speed, durability and aesthetic characteristics.

Motor tricycles, cycle rickshaws, cycles and other transport technologies near a market in The Philippines.