Dar es Salaam wins 2018 Sustainable Transport Award

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has won the 2018 Sustainable Transport Award, becoming the first African city to win the award in its 13-year history.

The city, one of the fastest growing in the world, was recognised for a series of transformative improvements to transit, cycling and walking, the most important of which is the Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, or DART.

“African cities are at a tipping point with growth right now, Dar es Salaam is expected to more than double in size by 2030, and how that will change the quality of life for its citizens depends on how successful these cities are in building the infrastructure they need for people, not just for cars,” Jemilah Magnusson,...