Digital Data for Transport in Dar es Salaam : Overview, Challenges, and Opportunities
Like Dar es Salaam, many large cities face major transport challenges due to the continuous growth of the urban population, private vehicle ownership, congestion, and the fragility of public transportation systems. Transport can become a constraint...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/158551593440032686/Digital-Data-for-Transport-in-Dar-es-Salaam-Overview-Challenges-and-Opportunities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34148 |
| Summary: | Like Dar es Salaam, many large cities
face major transport challenges due to the continuous growth
of the urban population, private vehicle ownership,
congestion, and the fragility of public transportation
systems. Transport can become a constraint on both economic
growth and social development and inclusion, along with
increased negative impacts on health and on the environment.
Because of the increasing use of modern technology,
transportation has become a data-rich industry. By bringing
the data together, and by using open formats, the data can
be used for innovative applications to help relieve urban
traffic congestion, to improve the provision and operation
of public transport services, and to reduce environmental
damage with the goal of improving the lives of citizens. The
use of data enables transport planners, operators, and users
to obtain additional economic, social, and environmental
benefits from the physical transport investment and
infrastructure. This report shows that Dar es Salaam is on
the cusp of a transport data revolution. Generally, the
conclusions are that there are no major blocks to progress,
but in many areas, there is a lot of work that will need to
be done over time. |
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