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Constant Cap, Infrastructure Development, Transportation Planning, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Nairobi City: Moving Backwards in Mobility and Access?

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The City of Nairobi is believed to experience some of the longest personal travel time periods globally. This situation applies regardless of the means used; public, private or non motorized. The result is perennial delays in public and personal schedules, time wastage in transit, human stress and occasional accidents as road users try to force […]

Constant Cap, Human Settlements, Infrastructure Development, Land Use Management, Transportation Planning, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Upper Hill, Nairobi: Growing as Africa’s Financial Capital!

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Nairobi’s Upper Hill District is a slightly elevated highland area in Nairobi that borders the hot and dry Kapiti plains. In the early 20th Century, it was established as a serene residential area, then known as ‘The Hill area’, for senior railway staff. As the city has grown and expanded, Upper Hill has gradually transformed […]

Community Development, Constant Cap, Economic Development, Environmental Management, Historic Preservation, Human Settlements, Land Use Management, Transportation Planning, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Is Nairobi Central Business District DEAD?

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The Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) has undergone a gradual transformation in the last few years that has seen it turn into a large bus yard and parking area for public transit vehicles (towards the east), a queuing zone for authorized buses (around the centre) and a large taxi park (towards the west). Retail stores […]

Community Development, Constant Cap, Human Settlements, Infrastructure Development, Urban Design, Urban Planning

Nairobi’s Tom Mboya Street: User Friendly or Not?

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City streets play a major function in urban life and economy. Dynamic Streets, like those within Central Business District areas that serve multiple users can at times be said to be the ‘life of a city.’ Nairobi’s Tom Mboya Street is a relevant example of this type of multi user street . Located at the […]

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