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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=340141414-09092006>Dear
Joshua,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=340141414-09092006>At
least as of a few years ago, Ouagadougou had the best bicycle
infrastructure in West Africa. Accra is probably second. There are
bits and piece of bicycle facilities in other major cities, but not connected
enough to really significantly improve bicycle safety.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=340141414-09092006></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=340141414-09092006>Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=340141414-09092006><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>David
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
sustran-discuss-bounces+intlbike=ibike.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+intlbike=ibike.org@list.jca.apc.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>joshua odeleye<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 09, 2006 3:59
AM<BR><B>To:</B> sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [sustran]
Re: Commercial motorcycles shut-down in Lagos<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Dear Walter,</DIV>
<DIV>In the Global North, motorcycle may not necessarily be a part of
"urban transportation".But in the Global South particlarly Sub-Sahara
Africa,motorcycle is a sub-system of the urban transport.For instances,it takes
care of a subtiantial percentage of the travel demand, in most cities that
are bedevilled by traffic congestion.As a result,it has been able to bridge the
gap of long distance and short neighbourhood trekking,headloading which are
still a major challenge of rural transport in this part of the
world. </DIV>
<DIV>Bicycle is a wonderful alternative to motorbike,apart from the fact that
the infrastructure for a safe ride is not available in most countries,socially
people in cities may want to despise it,but if infrastructure like bicycle
paths could be provided in cities prior funding and or distribution of bicycle,i
am of the opinion that more people across gender would embrace it.But, it is
unfortunate that in this part of the world nobody has ever thought of providing
this infrastucture,meanwhile they want all to shift to bicycle.This may be
difficult to accomplish.I will be glad if anyone can point out extensive of
bicycle path infrastructure provision in West Africa as well as other part of
the global south.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>JOSHUA ODELEYE.</DIV>
<DIV>NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY,</DIV>
<DIV>ZARIA,NIGEIA</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><B><I>Walter Hook <whook@itdp.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We need to be careful
here. Not all transportation is ‘urban’, and in </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Africa</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> lack of access to
basic mobility constitutes a fundamental barrier to economic development,
access to employment, health care, schools, etc. A number of thoughtful
articles by John Howe and other experts indicate that the introduction of
motorcycles has had enormous economic benefits in those few African cities
where they have been introduced, and of course a few unfortunate externalities
like more pollution, accidents, etc. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The problem of the
‘missing middle’ in Africa, meaning the absence of vehicle options between
land rovers and women headloading, is a key component of the basic economic
underdevelopment of Africa. When a woman spends 60 hours a week taking
care of basic mobility needs, how in the hell is she supposed to do much
else? When your country is very poor, the economic effects are extremely
critical. We’re doing good work introducing better bicycles, which are
of course not controversial, but all the industry related problems are the
same, and the economic benefits of introducing cleaner, cheapter, higher
quality motorcycles would be important also. There is no such thing as
‘public transportation’ in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Africa</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> at this point, there
are only paratransit services. A lot of African cities are very low
density, and motorcycles are a reasonable option. Ambient air pollution
becomes a problem only with a certain amount of concentration of the
pollutants. The safety issues are better addressed by designing roads
for slower speeds. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What to do about
motorcycles is certainly a critical issue. Banning them in
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Africa</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> is certainly not the
solution.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Walter
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org
[mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+whook=itdp.org@list.jca.apc.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Eric Bruun<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:42
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
eric.britton@ecoplan.org; Global 'South' Sustainable Transport; 'Global
'South' Sustainable Transport'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> oscar_kim2000@yahoo.co.uk; 'joshua
odeleye'<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [sustran]
Re: Commercial motorcycles shut-down in Lagos</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Like I keep saying, massive numbers of
motorcycles and mopeds is a symptom of neglect of public transport. If the
rich can drive, are the masses really going to do without mobility if they can
afford it? How could you persuade them otherwise?</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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Bruun<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-----Original Message----- <BR>From:
Eric Britton <BR><ERIC.BRITTON@ECOPLAN.ORG>Sent: Sep 6, 2006 11:52 AM
<BR>To: 'Global 'South' Sustainable Transport'
<BR><SUSTRAN-DISCUSS@LIST.JCA.APC.ORG>Cc: oscar_kim2000@yahoo.co.uk, 'joshua
odeleye' <BR><JOSHUAODELEYE@YAHOO.COM>Subject: [sustran] Commercial
motorcycles shut-down in Lagos
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As Walter put it so well, they are
playing with fire in the streets of Lagos today. For the reasons that
he and Joshua mention, but also because – and this is something that
transport planners often simply do not take into consideration since they
try to ‘solve’ their problems within a very partial systems analysis in a
broadly and relentlessly systemic world – they either have no memory or no
knowledge of what happens when you mess with the ‘small details’ of people’s
lives. In this case as Walter points out, actually millions of
people.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">History is strewn with the bodies of
specialists who proposed ‘transportation solutions’ to inconvenient
problems, only to see a fast and massive reaction on the streets that has
toppled governments in very many cases. (It’s really quite a long list and
at some point we might all sit down and draw it up as a sweet
reminder. Transportation is indeed dynamite!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">And oh yes, I have not forgotten in
this that push from the law enforcement side for whatever reasons. My best
guess is though that the transport guys were just looking for good
excuse to get these guys out of circulation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This leaves us at the end of the day,
however, with what is among the most ‘inconvenient truths’ of transport
planning and policies in cities across the Global South today – those damn
motorized two-wheelers. Certainly an enormous problem, but a far more subtle
and astute response is called for. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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