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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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The paratransit sector as a partner in change
August 2, 2021 / by Nico McLachlan / paratransit, Public Transport, Uncategorized
By Nico Mc Lachlan The biggest challenge faced by the paratransit sector in the cities of the global south is the self- reinforcing view of the public and those in positions of authority of a sector built on lawlessness, exploitation, overtrading, criminality and a propensity to resort to violence as a means of dealing with […]
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Rwandan Government introduces 29.3bn Rwandan Franc subsidy to ease the burden on hard pressed public transport service providers
February 16, 2021 / by Aimee / Kigali Rwanda, Public Transport
The New Times in Rwanda on 11 February 2021 leads with the good news that the Rwandan government has allocated a subsidy of 29.3 bn Rwandan Franc (RWF) in the 2021 financial year as a relief payment to hard pressed public transport operators. Under the now extended COVID–19 regulations, Rwandan public transport operators are required […]
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ODA appointed to work with Transitec Consulting Engineers and GLI on the Ghana Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project
January 26, 2021 / by Aimee / paratransit, Public Transport, Urban Mobility / 0 comments
ODA appointed to work on Ghana Urban Mobility Project by Swiss firm Transitec.
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How to restructure the minibus taxi industry in South Africa
September 11, 2020 / by Nico McLachlan / paratransit, Public Transport, Urban Mobility
By Nico McLachlan and David Schmidt In a recent blog post we made the case for a systemic approach to restructuring the minibus taxi industry. At the height of South Africa’s hard lockdown, we also looked at three post– lockdown travel demand recovery scenarios and predicted that the recovery of passenger demand would not be […]
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Post lockdown travel demand in South Africa – three plausible futures to prepare for
April 22, 2020 / by Nico McLachlan / Public Transport
Background Public Transport Operators (including paratransit operators in the cities of the global south) have been severely impacted by COVID – 19 related lockdown measures that saw economic activity (and therefore travel demand) been reduced to variations on the definition of ‘’essential service workers’’. Anecdotal evidence put forward by formal bus and paratransit / minibus […]
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COVID-19 and the Impact on Public Transport
March 19, 2020 / by Aimee / Public Transport, Urban Mobility
The Coronavirus, COVID-19, is increasingly having an impact on the way people conduct their daily lives. Public transport is just one of the areas that is being severely impacted through travel bans, the avoidance of public gatherings and self isolation measures. In most regions the use of public transport is not prohibited so the best […]
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The Value of Creating a Common Language when Managing Large Scale and Complex Change Processes
January 21, 2020 / by Aimee / Resources, Urban Mobility
Executive Summary The value of common language “Narrowing language increases efficiency” “Expanding language increases opportunity” “To regenerate, an organisation creates a new language” “Past language limits future vision” “Organisations need different languages to discuss its present and future business” Source:DUBBERLY et al, 2002. City of Kigali (Rwanda): Designing & Introducing 2nd Generation Public Transport Contracts […]
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A Parisian in Kampala
December 6, 2019 / by Aimee / Kampala Public Transport, Resources, Urban Mobility
An experiential account of urban mobility Three months into my internship at Cape Town based urban mobility consultancy ODA I was offered the opportunity to join the team responsible for preparation of a new project in Kampala, Uganda aimed at improving urban mobility in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA). Although the three months I […]
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South African Companies Design 2nd Generation Public Transport Contracts for Kigali
November 15, 2019 / by Nico McLachlan / Kigali Rwanda, Public Transport, Urban Mobility
South African companies Organisation Development Africa (ODA), Transport Economic & Support Services (TESS) and GoMetro played a central role in the design of 2nd generation public transport contracts for the city of Kigali Rwanda. The SA companies are part of a consortium led by Swiss -based Transport Engineering firm Transitec. The Rwandan Utilities Regulatory Authority […]
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