The 2017 edition will agenda is currently being developed and will cover topics such as
- Project updates from African cities such as Nairobi, Dar es Salaam, Kampala and more
- Steps towards enabling conditions for effective urban transport systems in Africa such as:
• Political commitment
• Funding
• Capacities
• Institutional landscape
• ‘UBER-ing’ Africa
• ‘Leapfrog’ opportunities to modern transport systems
- Importance of road safety in Africa and why critical intervention is needed at the level of:
• Policy
• Road design
• Infrastructure & licensing
• Post-accident care & insurance
• Law enforcement
• Traffic calming
- Infrastructure planning & development issues such as:
• Urban roads management
• Non-motorised transport(NMTs) integration
• Rapid transit developments such as BRTs, MRTs & integrating them with traditional forms of public transport such as ‘matatus’ & ‘boda bodas’ etc
• Integrated transport planning
• Travel demand management
- Emissions issues such as:
• Regulations on import restrictions of old cars for the African market and suitability of Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle(CEV) schemes for Africa
• Managing the health and climate change impact of transport by reducing vehicle emissions pollution
• Clean fuel and clean vehicle technologies
• Fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions
Speakers at the Africa Urban Transport Summit will include officials from the transport regulatory authorities as well as industry leaders.