More: Transportation
Electric car-sharing arrives in Nairobi
Rush hour in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets are packed with columns of vehicles pumping out fumes, waiting their turn to inch through the...
Do automated cars dream of electric sharing?
Authors: George Kamiya, Kate Palmer and Jacob Teter
The future of self-driving cars remains highly uncertain. But visions of fully autonomous vehicles have captured the...
Making space for pedestrians and cyclists in Zambian cities
Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is home to over 16 million people. It is one of the most urbanized countries on continent,...
Egypt: Scrapping and Recycling Old Vehicles to Lower Pollution and Improve Livelihoods
“My new taxi enabled me to work longer hours and make more money,” said Walid, a 38-year-old taxi driver from Cairo. “Thanks to my...
Russia eyes projects in Southern African countries
Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Russian Federation have sign a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that envisages strengthening ties in a broad range of fields and...
Digitisation and autonomous driving to halve costs by 2030
The digitization and automation of processes and delivery vehicles will reduce logistics costs for standardized transport by 47% by 2030, according to a new...
China’s narrative in South Asia
Recently, China’s consular general in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, while speaking at a function, proposed a bullet train connecting Kunming (Yunnan Province) with Kolkata, the...
Cities Need to Be “Agile” to Capture Opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The world is urbanizing and the Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming life at an unprecedented rate. Cities must be “agile” – able to move...
South Asia’s Transport Corridors Can Become Engines of Growth
Transport corridors offer enormous potential to boost South Asia’s economic growth, reduce poverty, and spur job creation, provided the new trade routes spread their...
Disasters and U.S. Infrastructure
Within a week we have suffered floods in France, Toronto, and now a record-breaking monsoon season in Kerala, India which has flooded or endangered...