New projects

• Towards comparative, historically informed research on contemporary African urban transport issues: A proposal for a research network, led by Njogu Morgan, PhD, Post doctoral Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• The capabilities approach as a needs assessment framework for vulnerable non-motorised transport users in African Cities, led by Professor Mark Zuidgeest, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Micro-dynamics and Macro-processes: a Maputo-Johannesburg comparative study of intrahousehold decision-making and state-investment in transit, led by Associate Professor Sarah Charlton, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Exploring the Potential of Minibus Electrification in Three African Cities, led by Edna Odhiambo, Lecturer, School of Law, University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Comparative Analysis of Combined Effects of Transport and Urban Morphology on Public Health in Two African Capitals, led by Dr. Charles Anum Adams, Professor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana
• Urban Spaces Design, Mobility and Transport Safety of Children: A Comparative Study of Nairobi and Kumasi Cities, led by Dr. Anne Wairimu Kamau, Research Fellow, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi, Kenya
• Wheels of Change: Establishing best practices in the urban motorcycle taxi sector in Sub-Saharan Africa, led by Associate Professor Patrick Hayombe, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya
• Comparative Analysis of the E-Hailing Mobility Services in Selected Cities In West, East and Southern Africa, led by Professor Samuel Gbadebo Odewumi, Lagos State University, Lagos, Nigeria

Other Projects

• Pedestrian-safe public transport systems: Infrastructure, operations, vehicles, policies, and legislation led by the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, with Prof. Geetam Tiwari as Project Leader
  
• Public transport advocacy in African cities led by the Columbia University, New York, with Associate Research Scholar Jacqueline Klopp as Project Leader

Completed Projects

• The African Centre of Excellence for Studies in Public and Non-motorised Transport (ACET)established in 2008 and led by the Centre for Transport Studies at the University of Cape Town, with Professor Roger Behrens as Project Leader. Other core partners include the Department of Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Dar es Salaam, and the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi.

SP-2006

• In search of a mechanism for institutional co-ordination in the planning process: a strategy for improved public transportation in sub-Saharan Africa
• Project leader: Ahmad KANYAMA
  Host organisation: Royal Institute of Technology, Dept of Urban Studies, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Stockholm, Sweden
  Abstract: SP-2006-01 Abstract (pdf, 224.3 kB)
  Bio and Key Ref.: SP-2006-01 Bio and Key References (pdf, 92.9 kB)

• Land, urban form and ecological footprint of transport: application of geo-information to measure transport related urban sustainability in developing countries with a case study of Ahmedabad, India
• Project leader: Mark ZUIDGEEST
  Host organisation: ITC International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, The Netherlands
  Web-site: www.itc.nl/PGM
  Abstract: SP-2006-09 Abstract (pdf, 358.2 kB)
  Bio, Key Ref. and List of Publications: SP-2006-09 Bio- KeyRef-list of Publications (pdf, 156.1 kB)

• Transport modelling for Nairobi Metropolitan Area
• Project leader: Elliott SCLAR
  Host organisation: The Trustees of Columbia University, New York, USA
  Web-site: www.earth.columbia.edu/csud
  Abstract: SP-2006-39 Abstract (pdf, 386.3 kB)
  Bio and Key Ref.: SP-2006-39 Bio and Key References (pdf, 130.9 kB)

SP-2004

• Urban form, public transport and participatory planning: A Case Study of Dar-es-Salaam ,Tanzania
  Project leader: Annika CARLSSON-KANYAMA
  Host organisation: Dept of Industrial Ecology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

SP-2002

• Causes of road traffic crashes in an urban setting in Kenya: implications for urban transport development
  Project leader: Wilson ODERO
  Host organisation: School of Public Health, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

• Institutional and Technical Constraints in Planning for Sustainable Urban Transportation: A Case Study of Dar es Salaam ,Tanzania
  Project leader: Annika CARLSSON-KANYAMA
  Host organisation: Environmental Strategies Research Group, ESRG, FOI, Stockholm, Sweden