Trufi Association @trufiassoc@transportation.social
We help transform mobility in cities with open source apps, and open data solutions that enable innovation.
T: TrufiAssoc
Joined Jan 2023
Buckle up folks! @benjiedlp and Miloš N. Mladenović serve up some piping hot truth about transport planning. Not your typical informal transport webinar recording.
#informaltransport #transportation #decolonize #decolonize #video #webinar
Looking for bad transportation ideas that worsen systemic inequalities and make your country ugly? Leeja Miller breaks it down.
Possibly NSFW: swearing
Disrupting Colonial Approaches To Transport Planning – a Trufi Webinar
https://www.linkedin.com/events/disruptingcolonialapproachestot7077651286178844672/theater/
Transportation Colonialism? Pre-packaged transport solutions, indifferent to the local context; Disregard for negative Impacts; emphasis on efficiency instead of fairness; ignoring diversity of users.
But what can be done to stop it? Find out.
Informal Transport is Resilient and Ingenious! Could your city transport service do this?
HT: Facebook/Lazy programmer (Original Title: "Fixing bug in Production")
#informaltransport #publictransport #tuktuk
📈 Curious about the role of shared mobility and informal transportation worldwide? 🚕🌐 Explore the latest report on the data collection efforts in these sectors. Gain insights into the users, laborers, and the potential of these systems. Trufi Association's involvement is highlighted!
#GlobalScan #DataCollection #SharedMobility #InformalTransportation #transportation #data #InformalTransport
#Webinar This Thursday!
Traditional top-down approaches to transport planning perpetuate social inequality. Explore the concept of transport colonialism and its impact on marginalized communities in the upcoming Trufi webinar.
With @benjiedlp and Miloš N. Mladenović
🙌 Shoutout to Abisola Odukoya for stepping up and making a difference in our #webinar team, with her expertise in #informaltransport and dedication to sustainable transportation.🌍💚 #Teamwork #SustainableTransport #volunteer
Apps released by Trufi Association are #FOSS #opensource and powered by #OpenData @openstreetmap
HT: Reddit user u/lixper
"The billions in venture capital and heaps of attention these tech solutions garner would probably be better invested in truly boring, but more efficient, real solutions."
#Webinar:
Disrupting Colonial Approaches To Transport Planning
Traditional top-down approaches to transport planning perpetuating social inequality.
Explore the concept of transport colonialism and its impact on marginalized communities in the upcoming Trufi webinar. Learn how open data and community engagement can offer more inclusive and effective solutions.
#Africa can leapfrog to sustainable transport "avoiding the pitfalls of transport development seen in the Global North."
https://changing-transport.org/changing-tracks-in-africa/
#informaltransport #transport #publictransport #sustainabletransport #SustainableDevelopment
To BRT or not to BRT, that is the research question.
"…producing spatially, economically, environmentally and politically appropriate solutions according to the local characteristics of the countries [i.e. informal transport] can be more beneficial than a single solution."
Become our Google Workspace Administrator and make a difference in streamlining collaboration and productivity! No prior API knowledge required, just excellent English speaking skills. Help manage users, groups, and permissions effectively. Join us today and enhance your admin skills!
#VolunteerOpportunity #GoogleWorkspaceAdmin #CollaborationMatters
A webinar resenting the results of a pilot project in Kampala, Uganda to bridge service gaps in Africa subsidized minibus routes. The results: benefits to women in informal employment, transport costs reduced 80%, operator revenues increased 7%.
Organized by World Resources
Institute
https://digitaltransport4africa.org/building-mobility-justice-in-informal-transport/
#mobilityjustice #informaltransport #DT4A #africa #webinar #transport #employment
Climate Resilient Development (CRD) promotes low-carbon #publictransport, including #informaltransport, in urban areas of the global South. It's about creating co-benefits and livelihood opportunities while tackling climate change.
#climatechange
New study supports the legalization of motorcycle taxi services in The Philippines, highlighting their role in filling transportation gaps and creating employment opportunities.
#PublicTransport #informaltransport #Philippines
.@weeklyOSM is talking about Trufi's teenage miracle workers in Colombia:
Don't miss Trufi's Pauline Baudens TODAY at the #UITP2023
Gender Specificity in #InformalTransport
Learn how traditional gender roles, safety concerns, and unreliable transport systems constrain mobility.
16:30 to 17:30 CET
https://uitpsummit.org/programme/#/day/3?session=88388
Summary: Buses are cool. Let's research, innovate and find out what's best for local conditions. Also: We've already decided it's a BRT because that's what Europe is doing.
@benjiedlp
via IntelTransport
#transportcolonialism #publictransport #informaltransport
We like to recognize a volunteer every month. But not every volunteer wants to be recognized. We need behind-the-scenes volunteers too!
We help transform mobility in cities with open source apps, and open data solutions that enable innovation.
T: TrufiAssoc
Joined Jan 2023
