Africa’s urban transportation is generally costly, unreliable, and ill-equipped to meet the needs of its population. Inefficient and unsustainable transport networks lead to lower productivity gains and can have a negative impact on the quality of life in cities. Conversely, investments in urban transport not only improve mobility through reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, but also lower transport and commuting costs by increasing connectivity between business and residential areas.
Kenya is home to about 2 million cars and 1.4 million two-wheelers with Nairobi City County accounting for the highest share in the country. Nairobi City County transport is dominated by private cars, matatus (shared taxis), and two-to-three-wheelers (motorbikes and tuk-tuks)—all of which contribute up to 80 percent of total carbon emissions growth each year. Moreover, the country’s carbon emissions have shown a worryingly increasing trend over the last 10 years due to more roads, highways, and car usage. Besides the environmental hazards associated with Nairobi’s current transport system, the city’s current mobility model is also dominated by importation of secondhand fossil-fuel vehicles that require importation of fossil fuels to run them.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2023/03/23/accelerating-adoption-of-electric-vehicles-for-sustainable-transport-in-nairobi/
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Dear walter lungayi Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Government of Kenya and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Am happy that most people are working tirelessly to ensure we have a habitable planet
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am happy our government is working on this to ensure we have clean energy
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This is the way to go
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This is the way to go
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important part of sustaining a healthy and sustainable transport system in Nairobi.
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Electric mobility is the future, glad that this is considered in Kenya
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This is amazing electric is the way
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Especially when driving in cities, electric vehicles waste less energy. Also, there are simply no tailpipe emissions of air pollutants.
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Good to see my country adopting electric mobility
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this is great,it will reduce the effect of pollution
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At least pollution will be minimal
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Thanks to the government of Kenya for the introduction of EVs together with other stakeholders.