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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In the first episode of our fifth series of Reimagining Motion we talk with Oluwaseun "Seun" Sonoiki, legal counsel at the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA). We explore the challenges of coordinating and expanding transport in one of Africa's most rapidly urbanising cities.

Links

• Lessons learnt through gender-based travel data collection and related sexual harassment in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Tackling Sexual Harassment in sub-Saharan African Transport: Changing Attitudes, Meeting Needs
• SHE-CAN Tool
• EMPOWER: Safer Transport for Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Literature Review – EMPOWER – Practical Tools for Decision Makers and Citizens to Tackle Sexual Harassment in African Urban Transport
• Inclusive Interchanges (T-TRIID)

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This week we speak with Gail Jennings, a research consultant based in South Africa where we explore the opportunities and the challenges of developing future infrastructures with active mobility (walking and cycling) as a central mode of transport in low- and middle-income countries.

Links

• Learning from COVID-19 pop-up bicycle infrastructure: An investigation into flexible and user-led bicycle planning in Cape Town, Nairobi, and Kampala
• Women Were Put On The Back-End: COVID-19 mobility constraints and their lessons and implications for gender-equity in sub-Saharan Africa
• Fast-tracking public transport priority: Investigating the potential of Tactical Transit Lanes in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in cities in Sub-Saharan Africa
• ‘Our walking is our asset’: Exploring the way in which walking is valued in pedestrian practice and policy in African cities

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In the second episode of season 4, we talk to Professor Clive Roberts of the University of Birmingham about all things rail. Railways have the potential to greatly reduce emissions compared to other land transport modes. We talk about the current state of rail in Africa, the challenges of modernising rail infrastructure, as well as the opportunities for innovation and new technologies such as hydrogen-powered rail.

Links

• Novel traction systems for sustainable railway futures in LICs: Final Report
• Novel traction systems for sustainable railway futures in LICs: Capability Analysis Report
• Novel traction systems for sustainable railway futures in LICs: Architectural Design Report

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In this episode of Reimagining Motion, we speak with Andrew Otto of TRL about the latest in road infrastructure research. How to build resilience to natural disasters and climate change into road design, as well as how to get policymakers on board. We also highlight specifically Road Note 31. The latest edition of the seminal guide for road construction in tropical and sub-tropical regions.

Links

• Road Note 31: A Guide to the Structural Design of Surfaced Roads in Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions (online edition)

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In today’s episode we be chat with Bright Oywaya who has been passionately advocating for issues related to road transport and safety and disability since 1997 when she was involved in a road crash, causing disability that resulted in her having to use a wheelchair.

Links

• Road Note (RN21): Enhancing the mobility of people with disabilities. Part 1: Guidelines for Policymakers
• Road Note 21 (RN21): Enhancing the mobility of people with disabilities. Part 2: Guidelines for Practitioners
• Disability, Mobility and Transport in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Thematic Review
• Disability Inclusive Policy Brief

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