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Abidjan Metropolitan Transport Authority Study Tour to Cape Town
July 21, 2022 / by Nico McLachlan / paratransit, Public Transport, South Africa, Urban Mobility
In July 2022 ODA as a corporate member of CODTAU co-facilitated the Abidjan Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMUGA) study tour to Cape Town.
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Good news stories on the path to paratransit reform in African cities
August 3, 2021 / by Nico McLachlan / Kampala Public Transport, Kigali Rwanda, paratransit, paratransit, Public Transport, Public Transport, South Africa, Urban Mobility
By Nico Mc Lachlan Over the past decade there have been significant positive changes that will allow the paratransit sector to play a more constructive role in shaping the future of urban mobility in Sub-Saharan African cities. A brief reflection on four cases that may point us to the way forward In South Africa much […]
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Cape Town Public Transport Experts Share Their Experience with Kampala Delegation
December 20, 2020 / by Nico McLachlan / Kampala Public Transport, paratransit, Public Transport, South Africa, Urban Mobility
During the week of 7 – 11 December 2020 Cape Town based Public Transport specialists Organisation Development Africa (ODA) and their Swiss partners Transitec hosted a delegation of government officials from the Ugandan Ministry of Works and Transport, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the six main minibus taxi associations in Kampala. The study […]
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The Case for Investment in the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa
October 5, 2020 / by Nico McLachlan / paratransit, Public Transport, South Africa, Urban Mobility
It is not easy to make the case for investment in the South African minibus taxi industry, especially if your dinner guests are mostly private car users who have some time or another been at the receiving end of the antics of a minibus taxi driver on the N2 outgoing in peak hour traffic. The […]
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