Young people account for 60% of the national unemployment rate! Instead of loitering our streets, an undocumented number of young people all over South Africa have taken to the transport sector for a living—but more could be done. In our neigh

#9 Space, people and place with Nobukhosi Ngwenya

Mar 11th, 2021 1h 39m

“A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”In today’s episode we take a deep dive into the premise of transport planning: the trip generators and attractors, households, commerce and industry. We can not

#8 Bus Rapid Transit and Transitions with Fatoumata Diallo

Jan 12th, 2021 1h 22m

It started in South America, and spread to the world. Bus Rapid Transit, or BRT, dominated the public transport planning scene on a global level for over a decade in research, funding and implementation--especially in "developing countries". In

#7 Cycling culture in Khayelisha with Sindile Mvundla

Jul 7th, 2020 43m 16s

Cycling in townships like Khayelitsha (Cape Town), is an opportunity for mobility and access interventions that are close to home. Is cycling an option for a township that is located so far from a CBD that the first criticism could lend itself

21 June 2020 TaxiStrike - Fragmented negotiations and a legacy of issues in transport

Jun 22nd, 2020 52m 5s

This podcast episode is from an interview on PowerFM, where we discuss the taxi industry, strike action and absorb inputs from callers.

S1 E5 - Avenues to regulate transport markets with Paolo Beria, TRASPOL

Apr 30th, 2020 38m 58s

Professor Paolo Beria is an associate Professor of Transport Economics from the Polytechnic University of Milan. He’s much more than that too. His work reveals the interplay and complexity embedded in regulating transport infrastructure and ser

S1 E4 Framing the paratransit reform in Africa with Nico McLachlan, ODA

Apr 23rd, 2020 45m 4s

Nico McLachlan is one of the leading transport practitioners in paratransit reform in Africa. As part of the Organisation Development Africa (ODA), he directs much of the shift from minibus taxi, dala dala and matatu type services to appropriat

S1 E3 - People oriented transport planning: Transport Truths- Nahungu Lionjanga & Rozina Myoya

Apr 15th, 2020 35m 29s

Nahungu Lionjanga and Rozina Myoya run an honest commuter insight movement that captures what charts can’t: Transport Truths. Transport speaks a number of truths about society, culture and place. All of this interwoven with values, dignity and

S1 E2 - Participatory public transport data: Moving Gauteng with Neville Dipale

Apr 8th, 2020 29m 51s

Neville Dipale is a technologist, and serial creator of various transport related technology solutions that involve the public from two angles. Moving Gauteng is the key platform for multimodal public transport information in the Gauteng Metrop

S1 E1 - Just transitions in transport policy with Lena Stiller (TUMI)

Apr 2nd, 2020 26m 37s

Lena Stiller is a Transport Policy Advisor at the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, better known as TUMI. After her efforts to coordinate discussions around the bus transport industry's response to COVID-19, her insights about the trans

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