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This article features the study of the transport points generated by the zemijan, the taxi-bikes of Porto-Novo and Cotonou in Benin. A description of this means of transport and of the general background to its development is followed by an examination of the changes that led to the zemijan’s emergence as a response to a need for mobility. The paper finally deals with the interrelationship of these services with the city council’s policies in order to bring out prospective overall solutions to the problem of urban mobility.