In the final episode of season 5, we speak with road and vehicle safety activist, Michael Wanyama from AutoSafety Uganda. We discuss how the impact of used and unsafe vehicles on the roads in Uganda is often missed from the discussion around road safety and rising fatalities, as well as their contribution to rising emissions. Also Michael talks about his work training local mechanics and improving regulations in the industry.

Links

• Tackling Africa’s road safety and emissions from the source (T-TRIID project)
• Safer and Cleaner Used Vehicles (UNEP)
• Uganda - Active Mobility
• Country Scoping of Research Priorities on Low-Carbon Transport in Uganda
• Decarbonising Transport Award: Supporting ideas that cut transport CO2 in emerging economies

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In this episode we speak with Carly Gilbert-Patrick from UNEP about the current state of walking and cycling (often referred to as 'active mobility') across Africa. We touch on the differences and similarities between regions and countries, the impact of motorisation on active mobility infrastructure as well as changing hearts and minds to see pedestrians and cyclists as priorities in transport planning.

Links

• Share the Road Programme - UNEP
• ‘Our walking is our asset’: Exploring the way in which walking is valued in pedestrian practice and policy in African cities
• Learning from COVID-19 pop-up bicycle infrastructure: An investigation into flexible and user-led bicycle planning in Cape Town, Nairobi, and Kampala
• Investing in Walking in African Cities: Moving Beyond Policy
• Infrastructure Toolkit for Non-Motorised User Safety in African Cities: Challenges and Solutions

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In this episode of Reimagining Motion, we talk with Simon Saddier, a Senior Urban Transport Specialist at the World Bank and the Africa Transport Policy Programme (SSATP). We look at the challenges of urban transport across Africa, the expansion of BRT, as well as strategies to create dialogues between formal and informal transport sector organisations.

Links

• Africa Transport Policy Programme
• Institutions in Motion: Learning from the Experience of Urban Mobility Organizing Authorities in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Informal Public Transport Routemap & City Comparative Analysis: Final Report
• From complete formalization encompassing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) to the corporatization of informal Public Transport owner/operators: Cape Town, South Africa
• The Regulation of buses and minibuses: private sector participation as catalysts to reform in Kigali, Rwanda
• The minibus renewal and professionalization process: a combined approach to modernize paratransit services in Dakar, Senegal

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