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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: RVtitem on July 05, 2017, 09:20:33 AM
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http://citiscope.org/story/2017/new-bus-rapid-transit-system-earns-dar-es-salaam-2018-sustainable-transit-award
One year after Dar es Salaam became East Africa’s first city to implement a bus-rapid transit system, the Tanzanian capital has been awarded a major transportation prize.
The winner of this year’s Sustainable Transport Award was announced today at a ceremony here during a conference called Mobilize. The award is given annually by the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, a global non-profit advocacy organization and host of the conference. As the winning city, Dar es Salaam will also host world transportation experts for next year’s Mobilize conference.
Dar es Salaam, a city of five million, is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, a major economic hub in East Africa and a major port city on the Indian Ocean. With support from the World Bank, city officials launched the local bus-rapid transit system, known as DART, in May 2016.
Bus-rapid transit, or BRT, is a form of mass transit that uses buses to move passengers in a fashion similar to metro or light-rail systems. They often feature dedicated lanes so that buses don’t get stuck in traffic, as well as stations where passengers can pay their fare before getting on board.
http://staward.org/winners/2017-santiago-chile/
(http://citiscope.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_large/public/dar_brt_32_of_32.jpg?itok=PIsiAYht)
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Yeap I have heard the BTR has changed DAR - We need to implement it in Nairobi together with light electric train.
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Intra-city transport needs serious planning. Like this BTR, light rail or trumps need lots of space and power lines which CBD does not have. We need to go big on subway - probably through concession. You board at Thika, Mlolongo or even Mombasa and emerge at Kencom or Westlands - right where you're headed.
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I think the current generation in Kenya has decided to prioritize private cars at the expense of public transport. BRT or light rail could have been piloted on Thika road....and now Outer ring road/jogoo raod. However, GOK has let it go.
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That is because we have been having a government of thieves ever since. The only thing that mattered for a long time is individuals in power making a lot of money and playing tribal politics. We have never had a serious government which truly cares about Kenyans. The result is everybody is on their own and so people buy cars, matatus, a recipe for traffic jams. What is sad about Nairobi is that it was a city that had a working mass transit-kbs, but like everything else, greed prevailed and it failed. It would be very sad if again in 2017, we are unable to change this country.
I think the current generation in Kenya has decided to prioritize private cars at the expense of public transport. BRT or light rail could have been piloted on Thika road....and now Outer ring road/jogoo raod. However, GOK has let it go.