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Planning for People, Planning for Pedestrians |
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Posted by Ryan Whitney
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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Walking in Dar es Salaam elevates our
senses; it’s a mixture of unplanned settlements, vibrant dirt roads, and
paved highways. In these spaces, you find a hodgepodge of humanity:
Laughing children, lost chickens, and decades-old buses imported from
Japan.
Somehow, the disjointed development
patters all fit together, shaken-up in an urban mixing bowl, and
displaced before us: A newly planned highway bi-sects an unplanned
settlement; a mercades-benz rubs shoulders with a rusted bicycle; a
bajaji honks as a ‘mama’ hops out of harms way.
Fascinatingly, in unplanned settlements,
or those often viewed as ‘forgotten’ by modern planning principles,
communities come to life. Neighbourhoods become a maze of dirt paths;
defined, unassumingly, by one-story shacks of disjoined shapes and
sizes.
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2010 Tourist Information Centre |
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Posted by Imagine Durban Webmaster
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Wednesday, 09 June 2010 |
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eThekwini Municipality Durban Tourism Unit's beachfront 2010 Tourist Information Centre will open today, which will serve as the central tourist information headquarters. The centre will be connected to the mobile kiosks and the 5 Durban Tourism offices in
and around the City, providing tourist information and translation services. The centre itself is equipped with a translation centre where trained staff will assist with translating to the World Cup visitors who cannot understand English, as well as a tour booking area. It will be operational 24 hours a day.
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Opportunity to make submissions for the update of the Integrated Transport Plan |
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Posted by Imagine Durban Webmaster
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Tuesday, 08 June 2010 |
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eThekwini Municipality is inviting all interested stakeholders to make
submissions to the annual update of the Integrated Transport Plan.
Submissions are due by the 25th June 2010. Further details on the
submission process can be found in the scan below.
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Digital Revolution Sweeping Africa |
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Posted by PLUS Network blog
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Monday, 07 June 2010 |
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When there is an increase in broadband speed in the North America,
we can download more episodes of our favorite TV show (mine is 30
rock); when broadband speed increases in Africa, millions more people
get online through mobile phones.
Whole “development” leaps are being taken on the African continent –
mind numbing and corrupt bureaucracies are in one click being overcome
with government services going online; banking is being revolutionized
with mobile MPESA banking; the true “urban wilderness”, or what is better known as slums, are being mapped for the first time.
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION SYSTEM |
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Posted by Imagine Durban Webmaster
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 |
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eThekwini Municipality is implementing a Public Transport Information (PTI) system which will inform the public and visitors the best way to travel from one destination to another using public transportation.
The Municipality's public transport system is serviced by various providers. In the eThekwini area there are more than 100 taxi associations, about 100 bus companies, Durban Transport and Metro Rail. Together they provide approximately 1500 routes with 7500 stops or stations. They transport more than 300,000 passengers daily.
What does the system do?
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