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Modal Shift in Nairobi City – Bus Rapid Transit or Not?

March 30, 2018September 11, 2018 by Constant Leave a Comment

A few months ago, a Senior Nairobi County Government official stated that ‘Bus Rapid Transit cannot work because of the current population of the city.’ The statement drew a lot of attention and debate among the urban planning and design community in the city. Coincidentally,  it was made around the same time that the Nairobi […]

Nairobi, Kenya: No BRT due to Poor Planning?

July 20, 2016August 30, 2018 by Constant Leave a Comment

Kenyas Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Transport recently stated that a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) would not be possible in the City of Nairobi. In his statement, according to press reports, he mentioned that the city lacked space for a BRTdue to poor planning and added that to ease congestion, a commuter rail and expanded roads would […]

Nairobi: How can buses help decongest?

March 2, 2016September 2, 2018 by Constant Leave a Comment

There has been lots of talk over the last few years about ‘decongesting’ the city of Nairobi. Unfortunately most of it has been done on paper with the few practical attempts towards ‘decongesting’ proving to be either short term or complete failures. Nearly all of these proposals have been dubbed as ‘Quick wins’ focusing on diverting […]

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