What is a Car Free Day? ‘Car Free Days,’ in some places called Open Streets Days or Streets For All are regular initiatives or engagements where cities restrict access of motorized traffic on selected streets for a certain period of time. This was first done in Bogota in 1974 where it is known as Ciclovia. … Continue reading ‘Car Free Day:’ Celebrating the Street as a Public Space
TweetChat: Bus Rapid Transit
Join us on Tuesday 29th January as we discuss 'Bus Rapid Transit' - understanding it, the main challenges it faces and looking at various experiences from other African Cities.
#NairobiWeWant
Join our twitter Discussion on #NairobiWeWant Post and share what you like and don't like about the City - things you see and experience.
‘OTHERWISE?’ EPISODE 77: THE PROBLEM WITH OUR ROADS
On Monday, 12th November, 2018, commuters woke up to a matatu “strike” that saw fares rise to almost double (or even triple) what they normally are. The cause of the strike? The government’s declaration that it would once again begin enforcing the “Michuki Rules” commencing that day. Many were left stranded as matatus were pulled … Continue reading ‘OTHERWISE?’ EPISODE 77: THE PROBLEM WITH OUR ROADS
#NairobiWeWant: Urban Regeneration and Gentrification
As cities around the world catapult themselves into ‘World Class’, Global City status, we have to ask ourselves, “at what cost”? Not in my Neigbourhood gives the account of citizens on the frontline of the struggle against the intersectional nature of Gentrification from three seemingly World Class Cities. Join us on Thursday 6th December from … Continue reading #NairobiWeWant: Urban Regeneration and Gentrification