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.

Urban Health

Expanding the Frontiers of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit

By |2022-10-05T14:29:39+02:00September 22nd 2022|

Public transportation systems are about so much more than bringing you from A to B. Engineer and transport planner Otunola Abiodun Adebayo sheds light on emerging urban transport systems in Lagos, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous city, from the perspective of urban health and safety.

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.

The Future is Public Transport

By |2021-06-22T08:37:57+02:00June 22nd 2021|

To achieve the economic, social and environmental benefits of mass public transport, we need long-term sustainable public investment in systems which are accountable to citizens and workers. Social and climate justice must drive the Covid-19 recovery and guarantee that the future is public transport, argues Alana Dave.

Designing Streets for People, not for Cars: The Case of Khartoum

By |2020-05-14T09:08:39+02:00May 12th 2020|

Rapid urbanisation does not have to be a problem as long as we commit to the development of sustainable public spaces. Khalafalla Omer highlights the situation in Khartoum and how urban interventions may improve the future of Sudan’s capital.

Women’s Growing Need for Safe Mobility

By |2021-07-23T15:00:57+02:00May 23rd 2018|

Until today, women around the world experience harassment and even assault when moving in public spaces, including on public transport services. In Nairobi, Kenya, the Flone Initiative is combatting gender-based violence by supporting victims, and by training service providers to effectively prevent behaviour that compromises women’s safety and right to mobility.

Curiosity and caution: How should cities approach autonomous driving?

By |2017-10-14T14:49:10+02:00October 10th 2017|

Is autonomous driving the eco-friendly future of urban mobility? Many advocates of this new technology seem to be convinced of it. However, there may be downsides to the use of autonomous vehicles. With the Ecomobility World Festival and Congress 2017 taking place this month in Kaohsiung, URBANET's authors Monika Zimmermann and Michael Glotz-Richter assess the pro and con arguments and call for cities to approach autonomous transport with caution.

Disorder in Public Transportation in Major Cities of Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

By |2019-03-05T09:47:55+01:00August 22nd 2017|

Like most major cities in Sub-Saharan Africa, Abidjan has a traffic problem: Congestion, pollution and extortion amongst public transport providers means that the basic service of mobility can only be provided to citizens on a limited scale. Alexis Gueu analyses the situation.

“Transport as usual is not an option”

By |2021-02-23T13:51:05+01:00June 6th 2017|

More than 80 transport practitioners engaged in TUMI Conference on Urban Mobility Governance at the side of the International Transport Summit 2017. Read Mathias Merforth and Sophia Sünder's report about the event on URBANET.

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