‘This zebra crossing will alert motorists to give way to our children’

From a distance, the section of Bombo road above Bat Valley primary school in Kampala looks bright with new black and white stripes. Before September 30, 2018, the road was plain and the vehicles flew over without minding who is crossing. The white and black stripes are a new zebra crossing at Bat Valley primary...

What Namirembe road looks like through lens of a wearable camera

Using wearable camera as one of the creative methods, the Kampala i-CMiiST team  walked along Namirembe road to capture what it looks like now. Why Namirembe road? This is an area due for transformation by the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to include a pedestrian walkway and cycling lane. The city authority also intends to...

On Namirembe road with a wearable camera

On August 14, 2018, Kampala i-CMiiST creative experts got a rare opportunity to train in a new creative methodology that they could use on either of the research sites in Kampala. i-CMiiST is an acronym for Implementing Creative Methodological Innovations for Inclusive Sustainable Transport, a project supported by the British Academy’s Cities & Infrastructure programme,...

Deciphering “Inclusive” Views through Participatory Mapping

African cities exhibit visible differentiations in terms of their social, economic and demographic composition.  These differentiations have given rise to the common use of the term ‘Inclusivity’ in planning, community and policy discussions where it is often used to solidify (or 'seem' to solidify) agendas of rights for vulnerable groups in the society. In the development arena, the pretext...

Kilimani transport users survey

Following the successful Kilimani street festival participatory mapping session with local residents, the Ring Road team planned and formulated a creative questionnaire that targeted other transport users in the local vicinity. The questionnaire covered five modes of transport used in Kilimani: Pedestrians, cyclists, private vehicles, public service vehicles (taxis and matatus), and the boda bodas (motorcycles)....

Case Study – TV – Texting whilst driving

This TV ad produced by the Western Cape Government of South Africa plays on the fact that people are incapable of texting whilst walking and so why, therefore, should they be able to be in control of a vehicle when they text. It uses real-life footage from CCTV and dash-cams of pedestrians coming unstuck building...