Urban Mobility

Public Spaces and Integrated Planning

Making Active Mobility and Public Transport a Winning Combination in African Cities: Inspirations from My Trip to Bogota

By |2023-09-12T15:17:56+02:00September 12th 2023|

Following a visit to Bogota, Ulrich C. Tokam imparts invaluable insights for a transportation revolution in African cities.

Inequality in Cities

The Power of Data – Making Transport Systems in Africa More Equitable

By |2023-07-25T10:27:15+02:00July 25th 2023|

In Africa, gender-specific mobility needs are rarely considered in public transport due to a lack of data. Ariadne Baskin on the need to establish a more feminist transport system.

Country Series Rwanda

The Crucial Role of Transport in Building Green Cities: Insights from Rwanda

By |2023-05-30T10:59:42+02:00May 30th 2023|

Highlighting the country's initiatives, challenges, and innovative solutions for building green cities Michelle DeFreese explores the path to sustainable transportation in Rwanda.

Gender, LNOB & Feminist Development Policy

Feminist Urbanism: Smashing the Patriarchy in Urban Design

By |2023-03-08T11:57:36+01:00March 8th 2023|

Who plans cities for women? Feminist urbanism challenges traditional urban planning and design paradigms to account for women's experiences. Legal researcher and creator of the “Feminist City” podcast, Sneha Visakha, on the real-world impacts of masculinist urban planning in our cities and the power of feminist urbanism.

Just Transition

Pedalling Towards a Sustainable and Inclusive Future: Bogotá’s Bike-Share Success Story

By |2023-02-28T14:59:25+01:00February 28th 2023|

How can cities move beyond fossil fuel-driven transportation systems? Bogotá’s bike-share programme demonstrates that sustainable mobility is sometimes just a pedal step away. Laura Simsek and Carolina Hernandéz G. highlight how the initiative’s inclusive components help close the mobility gap, promote gender equality, and simultaneously foster a just transition in Colombia’s capital.

Risk and Crisis Management

(Re)thinking Car-Free Urban Spaces: Kigali’s Imbuga City Walk

By |2022-11-03T11:40:06+01:00October 27th 2022|

We have adapted to living in cities surrounded by cars and asphalt. Josephine Malonza argues on the need to rethink city life and takes us on a stroll along the Imbuga City Walk in Kigali.

Urban Health

Enhancing Pedestrian Safety Through Effective Pedestrian-friendly Infrastructure in African Cities

By |2022-10-11T12:37:06+02:00September 8th 2022|

It is the responsibility of both the national and municipal governments to assure pedestrian safety, which is a fundamental human right. In this brief article, Louis Kusi Frimpong addresses the relationship between a lack of pedestrian infrastructure and health outcomes, as well as some pedestrian infrastructure required to enhance pedestrian safety on roads in Africa.

URBAN HEALTH

Sustainable, Low-Carbon Transport: A Catalyst for Better Public Health and Transforming Our Cities

By |2022-09-06T10:43:46+02:00September 6th 2022|

Christopher Dekki calls upon cities and policymakers to embrace a systems-thinking approach that takes the nexus between public health and transport as a starting point for action.

URBAN LABS AND INNOVATION

Building A Home For Bicycles In Langa

By |2022-04-26T10:13:22+02:00April 26th 2022|

The bicycle hub in Cape Town's township of Langa started as a small community initiative that delivered medicine to bedridden people in the neighbourhood. Within just two years, it developed into a local enterprise that shapes mobility patterns in Langa. Founder Mzikhona Mgedle shares a story of success.

URBAN LABS AND INNOVATION

Last Mile Deliveries: How Far Can We Go?

By |2022-04-19T09:45:39+02:00April 19th 2022|

The COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdowns have put immense pressure on global logistics: movement came to a halt while demand for goods remained the same. How can this demand be met in cities without causing a traffic nightmare – especially thinking about last mile deliveries? Payal Pandya shares some ideas from Dublin, Ireland.

Mexico City: Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Human Mobility

By |2022-03-28T11:12:34+02:00March 28th 2022|

A progressive legal framework and a human rights-based approach to human mobility – exclusive insights from the Mexican capital. By Nancy Pérez García of the Mexico City Human Rights Commission.

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