EDITORIAL: Ethanol regulatory framework would sweeten South Africa’s fortunes | Business Day businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/edi…

SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport 2021 applications open until 30 September. Visit slocat.net/applications-y… for more information.

Our latest publication on #policy, #transportation and #peoplewithdisabilities, by CfTS’s @MarianneCT1 and Obiora Nnene. Let's improve the lives of the most #vulnerablepopulations. Open access at rdcu.be/cxBm8

Over the last year we looked into the potential for minibus electrification in Cape Town, Nairobi & Cairo | Report at bit.ly/3CZ7x99 | Led by Edna Odhiambo University of Nairobi with Hegazy @herrie_sch Jacqueline M Klopp & others | Thanks to VREF.se

Congratulations to CfTS’s @MarianneCT1 on becoming the next president of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering!

Well done to ⁦Centre for Transport Studies⁩’s Bianca Ryseck for being selected as one of five global ⁦SLOCAT-VREF Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport | ⁦SLOCAT Partnership⁩ | Keep us posted on your journey! slocat.net/youngleaders/

Setting up Zero Emissions Zones (ZEA) is cumbersome but as Prof Roger Behrens Centre for Transport Studies says: “the biggest barrier to car restriction measures is not technical, it is political.” Car-free zones are seen as hampering the economy.📸: @ashrafRSA bit.ly/3HV72A9

Prasa’s rail network barely functional in Gauteng, South Africa businesslive.co.za/bd/national/20…

The Trans-Atlantic Platform for the Social Sciences & Humanities has announced that UCT' A/Prof Afton Titus, Prof Floretta Boonzaier & Prof Mark Zuidgeest are among the researchers to investigate post-pandemic "Recovery, Renewal & Resilience". bit.ly/3tMOz2v

Why the South African state should not subsidise minibus taxi owners theconversation.com/why-the-south-…

Dar es Salaam's bus rapid transit: why it's been a long, bumpy ride theconversation.com/dar-es-salaams…

Cape Town’s new transport plan puts big legacy projects... dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-1…

End of e-tolls creates a funding headache for Gauteng roads dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-1…

Ethiopia's China Addis Ababa rail collapse $60m problem | Semafor semafor.com/article/02/02/…

Transaction Capital CEO sold R51 million in shares before disaster struck – Daily Investor dailyinvestor.com/finance/11438/…

Call for abstracts: African Conference on Transport Research (ATRC) 2024, to be hosted by the Volvo Research and Education Foundations and Centre for Transport Studies. We invite you to submit extended abstracts with a word limit of 1500 – 2000 words. See details below: vref.se/event/call-for…

Call to register for, #RethinkingTransportLab sponsored by GIZ . If you are a Young Transport Professional in Africa, it is a wonderful opportunity to discuss the future of transport on the continent. Details here:changing-transport.org/event/rethinki… Details

Call for a funded PhD position at UCT's Centre for Transport Studies; click below for details. linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Come study in France in 2025! If you or a promising student of yours are interested in masters and especially PhD studies in urban planning, urban mobility and public transport in Sub-Saharan Africa, have a look at what is offered through southafrica-france-scholarships.com