Driving change: Paratransit reforms in Lagos and Kumasi

17 October 2024
Online
EN

Description  

Paratransit plays a pivotal role in many cities across the Global South, often serving as the primary public transport option. By leveraging the right actions, decision-makers and practitioners can implement paratransit reforms agreeable to all stakeholders and build a sustainable and inclusive mobility system. 

This three-part webinar series focuses on the critical need to reform paratransit as part of the just transition towards more sustainable mobility systems. We will provide both theoretical and practical insights, exploring the opportunities and challenges of paratransit reform and the tools developed by MobiliseYourCity to guide this process. This series coincides with the updated MobiliseYourCity Paratransit Toolkit launch, a comprehensive resource offering strategies for integrating paratransit into urban mobility planning. 

In the second session of our three-part webinar series on paratransit, we will delve into practical examples of transforming paratransit systems in urban environments. Guest speakers from Lagos and Kumasi city officials will share their firsthand experiences and insights on designing and implementing paratransit reforms, referencing the Paratransit Toolkit. This session aims to provide participants with concrete examples of strategies and challenges faced in transforming paratransit operations in metropolitan areas. 

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Learning Objectives  

  1. Analyse the actions developed, challenges faced, and lessons learned by  Lagos and Kumasi during paratransit reform processes 
  2. Explore the role of city governments and stakeholders in fostering sustainable and inclusive urban mobility through paratransit reforms 
  3. Present the relationship between the actions implemented by these cities and the paratransit toolkit. 

Speakers

  • Randolf Wilson  | Head, Department of Transportation | Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana
  • Stephen Adekunle Ogunkoya | Bus Operations Management Analyst | Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)
  • Solène Baffi | Project Manager | CODATU

Agenda 

Time

Activity

Responsible

11:00-11:10

Welcome and Housekeeping (10’)

  • Copyrights and Participation Rules 
  • A quick intro to the organisation/ speakers
  • Learning objectives and structure of the session
  • Recap session 1: Paratransit and its implications for a just transition

Solène Baffi
(CODATU)

11:10-11:15

Warm-up activity (5’)

 

11:15-11:40

Case Study 1: Reforming the paratransit sector in Kumasi, Ghana (20’+5’) 

  • Presentation of the urban mobility system in Kumasi and the paratransit sector
  • SUMP formulation and support from international stakeholders
  • Efforts to reform the paratransit sector in Kumasi, Ghana in connection with the SUMP
  • Feedback on the diagnosis of the paratransit sector made in the context of the SUMP and the possible actions identified
  • Challenges and opportunities to decarbonise paratransit in Kumasi.

Q&A (5’)

Randy Wilson, Head, Department of Transportation

(Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly)

11:40-12:05

Case Study 2: Lagos (20’+5’) 

  • Presentation of the LAMATA strategy regarding the paratransit sector
  • Efforts and achievements regarding the data collection in the paratransit sector
  • Presentation of the various levers and actions implemented by LAMATA to reform the paratransit sector
  • Outcomes & lessons learned

Q&A (5’)

Stephen Ogunkoya

Bus Operations Management Analyst

(LAMATA)

12:05-12:25

Questions (20’)

Optional Q&A time for those interested after end of the session.

  

12:25-12:30

Feedback and Farewell (5’)