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Are boda-bodas an urban problem?
Kampala Public Transport paratransit Public Transport Urban Challenges Urban Planning

Are boda-bodas an urban problem?

Plnr. Lubadde Rahim – December 11, 2022
Each day, thousands of passengers in Kampala depend on “Boda bodas” for fast, reliable, and flexible connectivity during their travel....
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I Have Nowhere to Go!
Environment Urban Challenges Urban Planning

I Have Nowhere to Go!

Plnr. Lubadde Rahim – December 5, 2022
For a long time, the government of Uganda has trekked a narrative to restore the rapidly depreciating wetland resources from...
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Why Kampala is a city of floods?
Transport planning Urban Challenges Urban Planning

Why Kampala is a city of floods?

Plnr. Lubadde Rahim – June 10, 2022
The fate of the capital of the pearl of Africa. The notion, “water is life” is gradually decelerating in the...
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The Urban Mobility Challenge: Reclaiming City Streets Through Tactical Urbanism.
NMT Transport planning Urban design Urban Planning

The Urban Mobility Challenge: Reclaiming City Streets Through Tactical Urbanism.

Kamoga Douglas Muwanguzi – November 10, 2021
A Stride towards achieving efficient and sustainable transportation systems. A Case of Channel Street - Kampala. If you want to...
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Good news stories on the path to paratransit reform in African cities
Kampala Public Transport Transport planning Urban design Urban Mobility Urban Planning

Good news stories on the path to paratransit reform in African cities

Nico McLachlan – August 3, 2021
Over the past decade there have been significant positive changes that will allow the paratransit sector to play a more...
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“City growth has caused climate change, but that growth is also what’s going to get us out of it.” - Matthew Kahn
“City growth has caused climate change, but that growth is also what’s going to get us out of it.” - Matthew Kahn
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a finite planet is either mad, or an economist.” - David Attenborough
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a finite planet is either mad, or an economist.” - David Attenborough
“Urbanism works when it creates a journey as desirable as the destination.” - Paul Goldberger
“Urbanism works when it creates a journey as desirable as the destination.” - Paul Goldberger
“The mark of a great city isn’t how it treats its special places – everybody does that right – but how it treats its ordinary ones.” - Aaron M. Renn
“The mark of a great city isn’t how it treats its special places – everybody does that right – but how it treats its ordinary ones.” - Aaron M. Renn
“The smallest patch of green to arrest the monotony of asphalt is as important to the value of real estate as streets, sewers and convenient shopping.” James Felt
“The smallest patch of green to arrest the monotony of asphalt is as important to the value of real estate as streets, sewers and convenient shopping.” James Felt
“If you love nature, stay the heck away from it. Live in a city, the denser the better.” Jeff Speck
“If you love nature, stay the heck away from it. Live in a city, the denser the better.” Jeff Speck
“As an artificial world, the city should be so in the best sense: made by art, shaped for human purposes.” Kevin Lynch
“As an artificial world, the city should be so in the best sense: made by art, shaped for human purposes.” Kevin Lynch
“In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but what we refuse to destroy.” John Sawhill
“In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but what we refuse to destroy.” John Sawhill
“Adding lanes to solve traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to solve obesity.” Glen Hemistra
“Adding lanes to solve traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to solve obesity.” Glen Hemistra
“Planning of the automobile city focuses on saving time. Planning for the accessible city, on the other hand, focuses on time well spent.” Robert Cevero
“Planning of the automobile city focuses on saving time. Planning for the accessible city, on the other hand, focuses on time well spent.” Robert Cevero
“A protected bicycle lane in a city is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car.” - Enrique Peñalosa
“A protected bicycle lane in a city is a powerful symbol, showing that a citizen on a $30 bicycle is as important as one in a $30,000 car.” - Enrique Peñalosa
“When you look at a city, it’s like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.” - Hugh Newell Jacobson
“When you look at a city, it’s like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.” - Hugh Newell Jacobson
“If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements, and London’s indicate a fractured, shambolic, careless body politic.” Rowan Moore
“If you can tell a man by his shoes, you can tell a city by its pavements, and London’s indicate a fractured, shambolic, careless body politic.” Rowan Moore