11.17.20-Mobility-Sarah-Williams

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  The majority of the world's population use informal or semi-formal transit systems as their primary form of mobility. Whether they are called matatus, dalalas, minibus, taxis, colectivos, diablos rojos, micros, jeepneys; these systems fill gaps in transit coverage, offering mobility and access, especially for the poor. However, lack of data on these informal transit systems creates barriers to integrated planning essential to realizing the full value of infrastructure investments, including links to Bus Rapid Transit or Commuter Rail. Now new forms of data collection tools exist offering opportunities to create this missing public transport data. In this talk Williams' will describe her work developing tools to capture this data in Nairobi and how the project inspired cities all over the world to create a worldwide network for the development of transit data on semi-formal and informal systems, with headquarters in African and Latin America.

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