[sustran] Re: This is what happens when "green (private) cars" are promoted in the North

[Joachim Bergerhoff]

Dear Colin, and all, you are very right to point to the regulatory and
planning issues.  Congrats to Lagos for this success, which shows that
things are possible.  My point is that there are several dozen other cities
in Africa that don't have the same resources and market conditions as
Lagos, but should also have BRT and who should be able to reengineer the
concept, technical and regulatory, and make it meet their needs, too.
Yours
Joachim


2011/11/8 Colin Brader <brader at itpworld.net>

> Dear Joachim
>
> Can I suggest that you look at Lagos BRT-Lite. It is not a Curitiba copy
> but is BRT - all be it 'Lite'. It is Lite in that it focusses upon
> delivering key user needs only. It is BRT as it is planned as a system and
> includes institutional and regulatory reform to support its operation. It
> is also successful in that it carries almost 200,000 people per day (along
> a single line) and its users are much happier than they were previously. It
> was implemented, from conception to operation in 15 months and cost
> significantly less than $2m per Km.
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> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+brader=itpworld.net at list.jca.apc.org[mailto:
> sustran-discuss-bounces+brader=itpworld.net at list.jca.apc.org] On Behalf
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> Sent: 08 November 2011 10:17
> To: eric britton; Todd EDELMAN
> Cc: Amanda Ngabirano; Nite Tanzarn; Sustran List; tafmod-u tafmod; UWABA;
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> Subject: [sustran] Re: This is what happens when "green (private) cars"
> arepromoted in the North
>
> The synthesis is clear: it is good news that there is an African
> competence in innovative vehicles.  It would be better if this competence
> was applied to sustainable transport systems, like BRT, for instance.
>
> Why are Africa's large cities not equipped with BRT ?  Because there are
> no functional and inexpensive mass transit systems on the market.  African
> public transport riders cannot afford an imported copy of Curitiba and one
> cannot do BRT without a thought through high capacity vehicle/station
> system.  Hence, the real challenge and best news would / will be the
> re-engineering of the BRT concept to meet the capacities and needs of the
> African manufacturing industry and mass urban transport market.  Anybody
> working on this ?
>
> Joachim
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> 2011/11/8 eric britton <eric.britton at ecoplan.org>
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> > _____________________________________________________
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> > I appreciate your point Todd, but I think a bit differently about this.
> >
> >
> >
> > The path to sustainable transport and sustainable cities, passes by
> > sustainable lives. Now what I like about this project is not that it
> > is an EV and we all know of course by now that E-vehicles are more
> > than a bit of hype when it comes to their claim as sustainable transport.
> >
> >
> >
> > But what I like about their project is the fact that a group of young
> > Ugandan students are putting their heads together to create something
> > that is different and that is a great laboratory for learning and team
> work.
> > It's not a sustainability project per se, but that they can learn as a
> > next step.
> >
> >
> >
> > I see this as a step in a process and bravo to them (and to their
> > wonderful University, Makerere, which thought all the turmoil's of
> > these recent hard decades in Uganda has somehow endures when so much
> else fails and suffers).
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for drawing this to our attention Todd.
> >
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> >
> > Eric Britton
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > On Behalf Of Todd Edelman
> > Sent: Monday, 07 November, 2011 21:55
> > To: 'Sustran List'
> > Subject: [sustran] This is what happens when "green (private) cars"
> > are promoted in the North
> >
> >
> >
> > Uganda's First Electric Car Built by Makerere Students
> >
> > http://inhabitat.com/ugandas-first-electric-car-is-built-by-students/
> >
> >
> >
> > A group of 25 Ugandan students from Makerere University's College of
> >
> > Engineering, Art and Design have built Uganda's first electric car,
> > the
> >
> > Kiira EV. Initially designed in 2009, the fabricated car was taken for
> > a
> >
> > public test drive last week. Most of the parts of the two-seater,
> >
> > including the core body and combustion system, were designed and built
> >
> > locally...
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> >
> >
> > Click on link for full story....
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> > --
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