Breakout session | Stage 3
Host: UN Habitat
The COVID-19 pandemic has showcased the critical role of transport services in our cities. It has also shown how challenging, yet important, it can be to maintain transport in an uninterrupted manner, reaching all residents including those previously unserved or with limited access. Post-COVID-19, cities will have to promote more sustainable pathways, in which economic development is decoupled from private motorization – in order to enhance the cities’ resilience of future crises. We have a window of opportunity to learn from the current pandemic and to build back better by making mobility more responsive to crises. This session will discuss how cities can future-proof their mobility systems and become stronger to address climate change, air pollution, road fatalities and future pandemics. Only then, the world will be able to achieve the SDGs, particularly the ones with strong relevance for transport such as good health (SDG 3), sustainable urbanization (SDG 11), and climate (SDG 13).
Speakers
Mzikhona Mgedle is the founder for Langa Bicycle Hub in Langa Township, Cape Town, South Africa. The aim of the hub is to normalize the use of the bicycle as a form of transport on the narrow roads in the township, also by encouraging more women and children on bicycles.
He is also supporting Khaltsha Cycles, a one-stop bicycle shop, which recently launched the “Heroes on Bikes” campaign – which provides essential workers with a safe, reliable, and convenient way of commuting to work by bicycle during times of COVID-19.
Previously, he has worked for 5 years as Engagement and Mobilization Coordinator at Open Streets Cape Town. Mzikhona is also a musical artist.
Armin Wagner is the head of the Sector Project “Sustainable Mobility” at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in Eschborn, Germany since 2013. Within this project (commissioned by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)), he is in charge of design, implementation, coordination and follow-up of GIZ activities related to sustainable urban mobility and transport policy, including the Sustainable Urban Transport Project (www.sutp.org), the German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility (www.german-sustainable-mobility.de) and the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (www.transformative-mobility.org). Further, he leads the GIZ’s work on international fuel prices (www.giz.de/fuelprices).
Cities, Climate, Environment, Leave No One Behind, Planet, Technology
| Host: UN Habitat |, Armin Wagner (GIZ), Dagmawit Moges (Ministry of Transport Ethiopia), Edwins Mukabanah (National Federation of Public Transport Operators Kenya), Eveline Prado Trevisan (BHTrans), Mzikhona Mgedle (Langa Bicycle Hub), Stefanie Holzwarth (Urban Mobility / UN Habitat)