One billion needy people. Here is a map showing the locations of the last eighty readers who checked into World Streets this morning. It is typical of what we see day after day in this collaborative international forum. Hmm. Where is Africa on this map?
Africa Streets Mission (draft for comment)
World Streets This Week: Edition of 2 May 2011 (via World Streets (Time out while we regroup))
Kaohsiung 2010 Papers: Employer Share/Transport
Gender, Economic Integration and Cross-Border Infrastructure Development (via World Streets / Open Edition)
Should public transport be free? Join in/Stay tuned. (via World Streets / Open Edition)
Velo-City Global 2010 Conference opens in Copenhagen (via World Streets / Open Edition)
Knoogle Key Sources, Links and Blogs
– – – > Click here to search all Key Sources, Links and Blogs
KNOOGLE: Use it like Google, but . . . the great advantage over the usual Google search is that (a) it is much more compact and focused in its offering, because (b) it scans and reports on the work and offering of the carefully selected key sources that are leading the way to sustainable transport in Africa (specifically the programs and sites identified here in the Blogroll to your right.)
“The First Step in the New Mobility Agenda is . . . not to take that step at all” (via World Streets)
(Test run to show how this can work)
via World Streets
In the slums of Nairobi: What do you do when you are losing a war? (via World Streets)
If it is your assumption that we are at present losing the war for sustainable transport and sustainable lives — and that is very definitely our position here at World Streets — and if it is your firm intention not to lose it — as it is ours! — then what do you do when the going gets tough? Well you look around and put to work every potentially promising tool you can lay your hands on. Now we make a pretty consistent effort in these pages to bring to your attention creative media that illustrates, renders more understandable and supports our noble cause. But we need more: so what about doing more along these lines taken from today’s edition of the International Herald Tribune?
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Essential transport guidelines for World Cup travel
The 2010 Local Organising Committee has issued comprehensive transport guidelines and other important information for the thousands of fans who will be attending matches during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Each host city has developed an integrated match day transport plan based on their current public transport infrastructure.
Children, Transport and Mobility in Africa: Sharing experiences from Ghana, Malawi and South Africa
2010 is the Year of Africa on World Streets, and here you have the first of what we intend will develop into an engaging series of articles, ideas and information on problems, attitudes, responses, barriers and the ingenious work-arounds that African children and adults are so often obliged to find on their own.
This publication was funded by The Africa Community Access Programme (AFCAP) to help us better understand how children look at and deal with day to day challenges of transport and mobility in three African countries.
ACET website relaunched
ACET website relaunched
The ACET website has been substantially revised. In addition to the new look and navigation options, you’ll also find details of our research projects, some of which are new to ACET’s research programme.
Should you wish to find out more about any aspect of ACET there is a new easy-to-use contact form. You can also use this form to subscribe to the mailing list for our bi-annual e-newsletter – just send a message with the text “subcribe me” in the message body.