MARGINALIZED GROUPS

Exploring strategies for enhancing poor women’s mobility and access to boda boda (Motorcycle) taxi services in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam

Kenyatta University, School of Education, Nairobi, Kenya. EP-2022-MAC-06, Dr. Wawire, Violet K. Abstract Due to urban population growth, poor city planning and poverty, urban poor women in major African cities have been marginalized from formal transport systems comprising private cars and taxis. Yet, they are still required to perform multiple reproductive and productive roles on

Inclusive Mobility Planning for Children with Disabilities in Ibadan (Nigeria) and Kampala (Uganda)

Dept of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, University of Ibadan, Nigeria EP-2022-MAC-03, Dr. Adewumi, Adedotun Joshua Abstract Children with disabilities (CWDs) can be found in all human civilizations. Globally, no fewer than 240 million children, or 1 in 10, live with a disability. In low-and medium-income countries (LMICs), an estimate

Meeting the Mobility Needs of the Elderly in Selected Cities in Nigeria and Uganda

EP-2021-MAC-06, Chinebuli Uzondu, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria Partners: D Paul Mukwaya – Makerere University (MU), Uganda Simon Patrick Obi – GreenLight Initiative, Nigeria Abstract: Inclusive mobility is an important initiative to directly consider everyone (without reservations) in the initial stages of designing and development of transport and mobility services. Unfortunately, available evidence

Characterizing user needs and practices in secondary cities: Insights into the role of bicycles in mitigating mobility exclusion in Malawi and Kenya

Institute for Social Development (ISD), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa EP-2021-MAC-04, Mulugeta F. Dinbabo, Institute for Social Development (ISD), University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa Partners: Gail Jennings Research consultant and PhD research student, University of Cape Town PO Box 181, Noordhoek (7979), Cape Town, South Africa Winnie