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January 2023
SOLUTIONSplus Dar es Salaam - E-bajajs Feasibility Assessment Report
Collecting data and views from transport providers: a critical step in the SOLUTIONSplus e-bajaj pilot in Dar es Salaam
Collecting data on transport patterns prior to a transition to electric mobility is a fundamental step to ensure feasibility, acceptability and long-term sustainability. It is not only essential to select an electric vehicle and charging strategy and equipment that correspond to usage and parking patterns, to design a transition that is financially and technically feasible but first and foremost to integrate the needs and the views of transport providers in this transition. To that aim, the SOLUTIONSplus team in Dar es Salaam conducted a feasibility assessment to prepare the electrification of three-wheeled vehicles (“bajajs”) currently providing BRT feeder services.
November 2022
Last Mile connectivity - Dar es Salaam
Authors: Philipp Misselwitz, Jakub Galuszka, Oliver Lah, Maram Ismail, Carolina Moreno Londono, Hannes Steinhauer
The methodological thinking consists of 6 stages of research: data collection, data evaluation and filtering, urban holistic thinking, planning and design system; planning policies and strategies; to finally position and spatially apply all the design interventions in the existing BRT terminals with adoption of 3-E-Wheelers as low carbon effective last-mile connectivity solutions.
September 2022
Policy Advice Paper: Electric bicycles in Rwanda
Authors: Emilie Martin, Christopher Kost, Janene Tuniz, Dominique Breuil, Kennedy Wamukuru, Daniel Munene, Moise Bitangaza, Gashaw Aberra, Remy Ruberambuga
Rwanda is a frontrunner in supporting low-carbon transport, specifically through innovations in transport electrification and active mobility (walking and cycling). The National Environment and Climate Change Policy stresses green mobility and the need to strengthen low- carbon transport systems. In its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the Government of Rwanda identified that the use of electric vehicles can help reduce energy-related carbon emissions by 9 per cent by 2030. It also recognised non-motorised transport lanes as a key mitigation measure. Lastly, the 2021 National Transport Policy and Strategy for Rwanda states that the introduction of electric mobility should be accompanied by measures facilitating a shift from personal motor vehicles to walking, cycling, and public transport.
July 2022
SolutionsPlus Dar es Salaam: Data Collection of ICE three-wheelers - Intermediate Report
The SOLUTIONSPlus demonstration action in Dar Es Salaam aims to integrate electric three wheelers (hereafter “e-bajajs”) as feeder services to the Dar es Salaam’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system.
To prepare the implementation of those vehicles, the SOLUTIONSPlus team has worked on a feasibility assessment including four components:
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surveys assessing characteristics of current international combustion engine (ICE) bajajs,
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a user and training needs assessment,
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a regulatory framework assessment, and
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an international and local market analysis of electric three-wheelers.
May 2022
Integration is key: the role of electric mobility for low-carbon and sustainable cities
Transport electrification can simultaneously contribute to sustainable urban mobility by enhancing vehicle energy efficiency and supporting the shift towards public transport and active mobility. Electric mobility expands the mobility options in our cities, with a range of lightweight, new electric vehicles including electric bicycles and kick e-scooters which can act as a catalyst for behavioural change. Proactively integrating these small electric vehicles as feeders into mass transit can promote the shift from private cars and bolster the role of public transport as the backbone of the urban mobility system. In addition, electrification can also catalyse investments in clean public transport and new bus fleets, which, in turn, can raise the attractivity of public transport through modern and more silent vehicles.
January 2022
The Other Side of the (Policy) Coin: Analysing Exnovation Policies for the Urban Mobility Transition in Eight Cities around the Globe
Gaaf, L.; Weland, S.; Lah, O.; Martin, E.; Mejia, A.; Munoz Barriaga, M. R.; Nguyen, H. T. T.; Teko, E.; Shrestha, S.
January 2022
East Africa´s Policy and Stakeholder Integration of Informal Operators in Electric Mobility Transition - Kigali, Nairobi, Kisumu and Dar es Salaam
Jakub Ggaluszka, Emilie Martin, Alphonse Nkurrunziza, Judith Achieng Oginga, Jacqueline Senyagwa, Edmund Teko, Oliver Lah
January 2022
Policy Advice Paper
Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure Kigali Demonstration Action
Gerard Barris, Guillem badia, Santiago Obiols, Bernat Serra, Edwin Bestebreurtje, Floris Jousma, Jyoti Prasad Painuly, Wim Elshout, Vedaste Mazimpaka, Christopher Kost, Emilie Martin, Moise Bitangaza, Judith Oginga Martins, Edmund Teko, Oliver Lah, Judith Anne Adem Owingar, Amos Mwangi, Alexander Koerner, Yeonju Jeong
January 2022
Know the air you breathe
Mapping air quality in Kigali
Air pollution already causes 7 million premature deaths every year, according to the World Health Organisation. With the predicted rise in population and rapid motorisation rates in many low- and middle-income cities, an urban health crisis is anticipated if no action to lower pollution levels is taken.
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