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Report | EAIO Economic Newsletter - The challenges of urban transport in EAIO and focus on electric mobility
The August's monthly letter by the French Treasury in EAIO focuses on the challenges of the urban transport in EAIO and focus on electric mobility.
The monthly East Africa and Indian Ocean (EAIO) study has just been published by the SER of Nairobi, with the contribution of the SE of Dar es Salaam. This month's letter focuses on the challenges of the urban transport in EAIO and focus on electric mobility. Here's a brief description:
The region is characterized by a predominantly pedestrian and poorly structured mobility, with no city in the region currently having an organized public transport network. Compared to our last monthly newsletter dedicated to urban transport in August 2021, only a few of the countries covered below have made concrete progress in this area. Collective motorized mobility relies on a large number of often informal players, which largely contributes to road congestion. In view of past and future urban population growth, the development of mass transit networks is essential. Projects are concentrated in the capital cities, as secondary towns do not, in the short term, have the characteristics that require such networks: high population density, road congestion, extensive urban areas. The networks to be developed in the future will include road networks, such as the Bus Rapid Transit, and rail networks (urban trains, streetcars or light rail). Other projects under discussion, such as cable transport, are also envisaged, depending on the specific features of each city and the choices made by the authorities. In a context of complex and often deficient governance, the main challenge in setting up structured, multimodal public transport networks remains financial.
Overview (3 pages):
The full study:
- French version only HERE
