"Urban Transport" takes Swedish traffic expertise out into the world
Lack of effective transport routes, poor traffic safety and failing
public transport today constitute one of the most serious obstacles to
positive social development in the Third World. On behalf of Sida [the
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency], Lund University
Education is arranging the international training programme “Urban
Transport”. The programme is to spread Swedish expertise in the fields
of traffic safety, traffic planning, public transport and accessibility
for the disabled to developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin
America. Organisation and planning, formulation of strategies and goals
and methods of evaluation are among the theoretical sections that
alternate with study visits and the participants’ own project work.
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Swedish traffic
knowledge inspires change
Missing
links in transport systems impede progress in developing countries
Programme led to new
strategy for public transport in Buffalo City, South Africa
Text: Anna Gianuzzi.
Photos: Deana Nannskog, Anna
Gianuzzi, Susanne Norrman and Photoshare.com
Last modified 20 Dec 2007
Traffic congestion along Apapa-Oshodi Express Way in Lagos, Nigeria. The
city population, estimated at approximately fifteen million people,
continues to grow quickly despite the city's very slow infrastructure
development.
Credit:© 2006 Kunle Ajayi/Daily Independent, Courtesy
of Photoshare
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