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    • Chapter 4. What Is It Like to Walk and Cycle in Africa? 

      United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2022-06)
      Walking and cycling in most African cities is not only unsafe but also incredibly uncomfortable. Pedestrians and cyclists are often forced to share space with vehicles moving at very high speeds. A lack of adequate facilities ...
    • Chapter 5. Promote and Celebrate Walking and Cycling 

      United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2022-06)
      People walking and cycling are often perceived a low value of time resulting in a general sense of irrelevance to their role in future planning. There are two common misconceptions about walking and cycling in African ...
    • Chapter 6. Embed Commitment in Policy 

      United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2022-06)
      A walking and cycling policy either stand alone or as part of an integrated transport strategy, is an enabling condition that puts people and the planet first in transport planning. It sets out the intent of a government, ...
    • Country Fact Sheets - Walking and Cycling in Africa: Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action 

      United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2022-06)
    • Riding Towards Green Economy: Cycling and Green Jobs - A Joint Report by UN Environment-WHO-UNECE 

      United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe; World Health Organization (2017)
      Working together under the framework of the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme partnership on jobs in green and healthy transport, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the UN Environment ...
    • Walking and Cycling in Africa: Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action 

      United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Human Settlement Programme (2022-06)
      This report is a first attempt at gathering, analyzing and presenting data to demonstrate the everyday reality for the one billion people in Africa who walk and cycle every day. It baselines conditions in all 54 African ...