but the political hazards in china are growing, doing business on raisers in red, 60 minutes w, i just got a thought, see who? the hello and welcome to this special edition of the that'd be news africa june. 3rd is, you guessed it, both bicycle bay and in this program we're looking at how the bicycle can improve the quality of life in africa. traffic jams are a serious problem in our cities in may as well. so you can spend up to 3 hours and days stuck in traffic floats. can you use a bicycle instead?

our horses put that to a test black places all cycle because whenever you cycle, you're not putting your team at your for meeting the environment. that's the worst from your guns. we will tell you about the emissions of the government as and to take them today to make the roads safe for slightly at cycling. this ford is gaining traction on the continent, but african rises a so very much under represented at the top level. we will find out why the hello i'm christine one, blah. it's good to have your company. have you ever thought about how riding of bicycles to make getting around easier in your city? bicycles have a long history in africa, especially as a means of transport. but in the big cities today, it's not very many people use

a bicycle to permit and they're all good reasons for that. safety being a major one. according to international standards, there are only 4210 offices of road networks that are considered safe. but commute to cycling in all of africa. and most of those roads are in just 3 countries being you kind of pennsylvania and south africa. so by that standard, it is essentially unsafe to commit by bicycle in most parts of africa. so given that we wanted to get a feel of what it's life to get around by bike in a major city, we've picked up with this most popular city to check it out. lagos is going to be very congested. people can spend up to 3 hours a day stuck in traffic that adds up to a significant amount of time and loss of productivity. so could using a bicycle like this one help. i'll coordinate pressure by me and release that you pulled me up with that to the test. the

price is not for the same process. know that because that size and the can be recorrect, which means when you cycle, you're putting yourself, i believe, of accidents. the good news for me because we don't put the notes. i don't think out the upstairs there is get to the slab. that's good to go. we, i'm in my car right now. if i look my doors, i can assume i have some safety net that nobody's gonna come and harass me. place i'm gonna do it. and i'm 2nd i have windows were scared to help with that's the truth. driving might do the tape up, but it's slow,

especially meeting drive. on average people they go spend up to 3 hours in traffic . that's about 45 working days each year the it's till i spend most of my time in traffic actually to think about it because you spend peaceful as in the offices. i'm buckland, do it because i'm trying to teach the traffic ends in the end of not pizza, and the traffic is ridiculous. it's crazy. we also play the traffic to work and sometimes becomes available because of the time. but it's, i know that most of the time spent in trustee not only affects up productivity, but also contributes to stress and mental flexi. what's i have to say in some places i felt really on steve, do i have to get off the bike until by car until i reach the sci fi area, the

crew here and they go the okay, so looking at the labels by bike is not as smooth, right, just see it and that's also the case in kampala, walking and fighting, or the most popular means of transporting uganda, but are also the most unsafe. now there was a concerted effort to make the country's roads safer for people, citing. the government has developed the so called non motorized transport policy or in m t to a chief at i'll be talking to an open planet in compile a bounce it off to this report on initiative. busy in uganda that's working to promote citing as a sustainable way to get around sunday mornings open,

helpless in composite an opportunity for us the my wages to have a variety to see the 9 year old is the youngest member of fun cycling. you've got a group of locust, frankly, associates driving where they, i know, cause it's fun and you can buy tre, do where they are close to can to move on, you have to send you like an affiliate of critical must you can fund cycling has about a 100 members, the group bridge you let it meets once a week to promote cycling as a sustainable fitness and clean them up really to option you placing all cycles. because whenever you cycle, you're not putting your team at us and meeting the environment. there is no gas or any emission the bike is putting out. it's funny, your body, your legs, and your mind fits. but cycling side by side really heavy traffic to narrow roads

can be dangerous. to address that, a bad plan is what suggests the reduce to invest more in member to raise trustworthy infrastructure. to push the need to drive around the neighbors to go from home to charge to work from home to a shop to the supermarket. these are japanese that can be easily made with none, with rice transport, even in the central business district. i think it's, it's iris that people creating smart tvs, mobiles, the full cities. but here's the population. companies know by low to this city is 1st come free zone. this according m t soon. strict useful close to kilometers. strictly for cyclists and pedestrians. which is already seeing its benefits, roads and woods, douglas started to move vapours rods. apple instructed to move people the moment roads focus on the vehicles and even though

people didn't download so that's why we're seeing, you know, or being technicians we are making us a government that must be what you for an empty facilities each. this tubs rosie my wages, when, if i heavy traffic pushes on the very, very highest stead. but one thing which you have to slow down, but don't store and the zip code please, how 20 kilometers for the day. what would your wishes that infrastructure can be improved so that more people can join her for a right my next case initiated the call free zone pilot concept, and you can just capital kampala that you just heard about in the report, amanda got piano is an open and regional panel she chaise the national physical planning boards and uganda,

and she's to be the vice president of the world psyching alliance. that's an issue advocating for bicycling, transportation. welcome to data being use africa. amanda. tell us more about why uganda is putting emphasis on psyching as a means of transport as stated in the countries non motorized transport plan. so you've done that. he's trying to uh, be more inclusive in terms of the 1st drop design of not also because just working on cycling, but because those are the majority people that down the road for a long they've been full within this show. and that will be for what's in the cause be give it even given so much attention for so many as well. i think it's now the right time for you've done that. but example under, he was supposed to those that these are probably going to tell us more about this, this concept said you initiated the call for a zone. how's that working out? and what's the objective to the main of just to was road safety and actually reducing the congestion in that area,

improving the air quality bits of business and also in nibbling everybody to enjoy that space downtown tone. and that space was always very crowded. so the main objective was to facilitate oh, smooth flow of traffic, but also frustrated the majority of the use as a restaurant space. as you're saying, right, a lot of people already committed a bicycle in uganda. so or at least in the capital. but so it's not necessarily about convincing people to get on the bicycle because people already all um, but we know the statistics tell us that listen to a 1000 kilometers is approved droids for cycling according to the international standards. and you can just give us a sense amount of what, what it's going to take this effort financially and otherwise to make the roads safer for people on bicycles and people walking in. you gotta, or i don't think that it's very easy as easy as you are getting it because the

people that are cycling right now, i don't think that they're doing it out of choice. i think they're doing it because they have no other choice of moving around and about and what they are trying to do is look at spaces for psych least and position so they can feel appreciated. and that that mode is a mode of transport and they can choose it whenever they come. so we have trying to normalize it, but it's not that easy because we have wound or so lose this number. if you don't provide for safe on the truck to spaces for them, it's not going to be permanent. if everybody wants to have a car now to move conveniently because we don't have those facilities yet. so that's not really the case. it's not as easy to these that on to the issue of all the car is for the reach. so when you have a car, this to this is, is, is higher. you see, reset that a to this to this. so we still have to contain that and this we also respect people are writing for walking us car use us but also in the bring the car use up to feel

that. yeah, i don't talk to be to show myself that them reach of what was a recall was a bicycle, but i'm looking. so we still have the mindset issue. if we look at the likes of copenhagen, amsterdam, these are ranks the best cities will citing phase, got entire bridges, for example, dedicated to cyclist. you're talking about copy and paste all these templates replicable in our major cities. or do we need entirely different approach approaches in, in african cities? as it sits, it has its own template. if somebody's did quote it for any city detroit unclipped another city and tried to replicate exactly as it is because we have different cultures, we have different norms. but what is very important in this us get the details that the human behavior of movement is the same, was white people. i've come for the inconvenience, the $150.00, they want to short trips. they want to pay list for the troops. so that is uniform and i think that's a good thing to corporate. then the rest of the detail is something that has to

comply with the local context. so we don't want to be on that down. we don't want to be caught up in a good one to remain as competitive, but provides a road space for people to be safe on that note as well. i mean, just give us a sense of coming back to to so i think specifically how when i was cities, i'll daily lives the best that if most people, for example, got used to getting around on their bicycle. i mean, people are spending so much money in transport when fuel the fuel prices are rising every day. and then at the time you're spending in congestion is something we suddenly get buck people would benefit a lot in terms of a reduction in the cost of travel reduction. the time of travel show of benefits because they'll district is abilene high. we are sitting in offices, we are sitting in traffic to the sitting in traffic. i think when enable to bring to woods food by bike when enabled people waiting to us by filling enable to

livelihoods him to healthy families. and to this, you also save government money until people should be connected to their places in the most convenient of both healthy way. and this is cycling, and we'll keep so thanks is the something that the 2 of us but doesn't seem to seem that focus on friday. amanda w. r o. thank you. i to next we go to kenya where the bicycle has long been a mode of tron. busy and also a means to earn a living for many people. and as we were about to see and i'll an extra for things are changing, but i'll corresponded felix money in the mid one problem bicycle. oh no. he says he doesn't plan on giving up. he's to wheeler any time soon. just outside the bicycle, right as well. just plus money. this is how he makes. i knew who up was duty on

a good day, or even when businesses bad. you weren't deluxe the money to pay the rent for $1.00 way or another. the bike is a stepping stone. i mean, i want to go to bed hungry. the kids won't sleep with empty stomachs. and life will go on. growing up just in the north, i'm a bicycle for, for by that we just need us to just in the ask you in his community this week, not the tie him from us patting to be a by corner plus business. i had promised myself as a young person, that's all i would buy a bike with my 1st pay slip. let's say when i got my 1st salary, i met up with an old teacher. i was setting his bike for 14 years. and so i ended up buying it for 10 years, and i still have a bike, it's only ever since 1997. susan, 97 of equal. but the bicycle is off and the fuss full of ability for many young people in the side of africa. if you do not on one,

then it becomes every child's dream to one day on a bike, much as they are rapidly being replaced by motorcycle. to recycling machine has maintained its place in google, africa, with most of the people in have been sent, are using it for fits and effectively 2 times that changing and motorcycles are becoming more popular. they have capacity to say more goods and are fast compared to the bicycle. however, just let that not afford one at the moment. and so he has to make do what he has to keep like, who do i e, with the bike. when you were carrying goods, you have an advantage of it. so one from the market who's carrying a 2nd potato? he's on his back. okay, yeah, pop it up like is what is if you put the sack on the bike and i will the rates of which he will get tied versus you on the bike. but it is way different to and o'clock will connect to folks even us just as a psyche, continue the bike to means one of the most precious commodity.

well, from one way of earning a living on a bike to another professional cycling in africa. you story if he doesn't have his funded foundation, like other sports, but that's changing. and over the past decade there are a number of organizations focused on bridging the gap between african youth and the sports of professionals. likely, many obstacles exist for africans aspiring to become elite psych list who want to test their skills with the best of europe. some have nothing to do with the sport. when you button us in the office, the 1st challenge is to get to the document into a visa and a pass. busy to come through to the euro for the other existing obstacles, there's health, the organization team. erica rising, founded in 2007 is working to grow the sport of cycling on the cottage. they

provide parts, equipment and coaching. and i don't want to be the face of africans, likely. i want to just help train teach, give all of our experience to african countries to run their support. we have been focused since 2019 and working with been in cycling and west africa because that's kind of an untouched area of the african continent. time focused on the youth to africa rising was to 5 and next been am gourmet. the 23 year old is one of only 2 black africans competing it this summer's tour to fraud. at the 20220 to tell you he became the 1st black african to win a grand tor stage team. africa rising, believes in africa, cycling potential i a 100 percent believe of the an african champion of the

2 or to friends. i wouldn't be doing this if i didn't think that was possible. it's a 100 percent possible, but talented is on the african continent. i that i see it every day because i'm on the ground and there's so much potential. and the only thing, well the, the only things they're lacking is you know, access to equipment, access to good training programs and coaches mechanics. you know, we go in and we teach all of that africa will see its 1st major psych when event in 2025. when rolanda hoss the u. c. i rode world championships generating new excitement in african cycling. my next

guest got his 1st bicycle at the age of 14 and 6 years later he was a professional cyclist competing at a very high level in the sports, including the 0 did highly competition. so i'm guess what jim joins me from to how does the welcome to data being use africa. so in google, cycling as a sport is, is not very accessible in africa. so how did you get into it? i think you're going to show that yes, i need to say it's not an easy thing to to, to get into the, to, especially for last time from the dis, foundation community. so i going to eat, and i used to be the cato, as far as mostly my products, and it was younger than a 100 kids on the bicycle cause problems. so i asked the guys hows, enjoying the site, and crap, it's something that i joined and then yeah, translate actually began, but when i joined to try and let me know, how do i? yeah, i mean i find that incredible um that in, in 6 years old or

a little bit more, you are able to, to improve and then us in on what it's actually like competing as a professional cyclist. and what does it take to perform at, at, at a very high level, like you ones that it too. so it takes a lot of sacrifice and a lot of hardness because while no, and you've got a disagreement dedicated to, you may know what you're doing. and you know, because you spend enough time away from your family that's not easy. and you have to pointing on every day like kind of saying, you know, you're trying to get to, you may have seen your crazy sleeping hours. you know, all these things. they, if in you being the best that possible actually, but you can be so right is business, you know, you yeah. i was looking at you instagram and i see that and you spend a lot of time training on the road on the bicycle on the road and no one did. is it safe? because we've been hearing from a number of people from different parts of the content and the program today,

just talking about how unsafe it is being on the road. yeah. is the yeah, it has changed. you know, it's more of my safe as it used to be and that i've seen people, they need to be to change the url tab about side use the don't. and i mean like the old just everyone, just a also just a photo speak to shut down their own and make it mostly for everyone's going. it's good for, for funding findings ready to get a bicycle to somebody as well. the turn to front is cycling. most prestigious competition and last, yet there were no black ride is taking pods. and in general, they are all very few black riders who can actually say they've taken part in the toyota funds. from your perspective, what is the reason for, for the lack of the stuff versity in, in the sports at that level? i think, yeah, most today, right, as a payments, are they coming from from out of control? and 1st of all, we have not to can see us testing. so the i know right of doing that breach to

europe. so it is not easy to get into your options is enough or not? i know its, these are issues and all that kind of stuff. you know, but we knew but enough can see jesus and it can be easy. so we definitely need to grow and get more people into into side to meet one of the laws and have own oxygen . see that focus on getting blood slightest into the 21st of this age. really not looking great. right? i mean, i find that interesting that you say we don't have an african team. um, so this is the sport clearly needs to be developed further in africa and, and what do you think it will take to to be able to do that? what kind of investment is needed? what kind of action is needed to develop cycling as a sport and everything so that we do have an applicant team to represent us at the total funds one day a year. okay. we do need some people to into team 1st into, into the project. the right people are adding these projects,

we have not to be no contract on the oh, you just want a huge chance of getting right us with that. i just needs to get, you know, the best way of getting people. the message is for anybody really able to go to the 20 fast to return it so many other reasons. somebody as well. um you, you sort of let us in on. it's a little bit but you, you come from a disadvantage background in south africa, you've gone on to compete. as i said at a high level at the school, just give us a sense. um, very quickly, before we let you go about how, how cycling has changed your life or else i can just change my life. and so many ways, you know, and you get to try the, you get to meet the different people and different kinds of website to use a change in very high in demand in spot. you know, so you need to be disciplined. you're changing your pricing and all that, you know, so yes, i think it has to be so many things you know, so you put into how do we achieve when i get this out there. so it's just

a whole thought, you know, put into how to make and that is awesome. all right, so we'll leave it the thanks so much on get so jim, talking to us from south africa, we appreciate your time. good. having you and data menus, africa, can you so much for helping me as you know, i'm now seriously considering getting on the by small maybe it's too late for my pro correct, but i can still read the health benefits and do my bit for the environment while i'm at it, so how about you? do you think cycling could be a way to get around in your city? well, that's it for now. be sure to check out as of stories on d, w dot com, forward slash efforts. i will also on facebook and twitter. i'll see you next time, bye. have the cycling. if you're going to do the

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