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a bicycle instead? our forces put that to a test black place of all cycle. because when ever you cycle your notes on your team at us, anything the environment, that's the word from your guns, we will tell you about the emissions of the government has undertaken this to make the roads safe for cyclic at cycling. this ford is gaining traction on the continent, but african rises are still very much under represented at the top level. we will find out why the hello i'm christine one blah. c it's good to have your company. have you ever thought about how writing a bicycle that make getting around easier in your city, bicycles have a long history in africa, especially as a means of transport or in the big cities today. not very many people. busy use

a bicycle to commutes and they're all good reasons for that. safety being a major one. according to international standards, there are only 4200 to the 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 uganda attends with you and south africa. so by that standard, it is essentially unsafe to commit 5 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 africa's 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 lost productivity. so could using a bicycle like this one help. i'll coordinate pressure by me and release that you pull them up with that to the test as the

cycling is not for the same process. know that because that's, i mean i'm the parent liaison can be rest, correct. which means when you cycle you up with yourself, i believe of accidents. the good news for me down to drive off. i'm not i don't think the out the upstairs there is get to the slab. that's good. we go, we come in my car right now. if i look my doors, i can see all my windows, i have some safety net that nobody's going to 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 to save 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 i'm, you spend peaceful as in the office ending in a box. when do it, because i'm trying to teach the traffic ends in the end of note between the traffic . because this ridiculous is crazy. we walk up lady traffic to work. sometimes they are productive because of the time. but external versus time spent in trustee not only affects up productivity, but also contributes to stress and mental. so let's see what i have to say in some places i felt really on steve, do i have to get off the bike and drove by car until i reached 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 and come paula, walking and cycling are 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 a so called non motorized transport policy or in m t to a chief at i'll be talking to an open plan to in compile a bounce it off to this report on initiative in uganda that's working to promote citing as a sustainable way to get around sunday mornings open house list of each 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 local cycling associates driving where they, i know class, it's fun and you can buy tre, do where they are close to can to move on, you have to send me like an affiliate of critical must you can find 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 ability to option to you places all cycles. because whenever you cycle, you're not putting your team at you, it's anything that environments. there is no gas or any emission the bike is putting out. it's fun, neil body, your legs and your mind fits. what cycling side by side with heavy traffic to

narrow roads can be dangerous. to address that about plan is what's that you have to 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 journeys that can be easily made with none with arise transport even in the central business district. i think it's, it's iris that people creating a smart, a, c t's most beautiful cities. but here's the population. compiler is now by low to this city is 1st cost free zone. this according m t zone strict useful close to 2 kilometers strictly for cyclists and pedestrians. authorities already seeing its benefits, roads are not beautiful, started to move vapours. road is 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 saying, you know, all the innovations we are making as a government that must be what you for an empty facilities. 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 a and that should completes how 20 kilometers for the day. what we do 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 chose the national physical planning board 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're going to is going to be more inclusive in terms of infrastructure design. not also because of just looking at cycling, but because those are the majority of people that own their own right for long they've been from within the district and that would be for what and that caused them to 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 too. but example and that he was face to those that is up to having somebody to tell us more about this. this concept that he initiated the call for a zone house of working on. and what's the objective as 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's this was always very crowded. so the main objective was to flush the tips. oh, smooth flow of traffic but also frustrated. the majority of it used 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 off. um, but we know the statistics tell us that less than 2000 kilometers is approved droids for slacking according to the international standards. and you can just give us a sense of meant 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 uganda. i don't think that it's very easy as easy as you are attempting 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 we're trying to do is look its best as for psych least and position so they can feel appreciated. and that, that mode is i'm with the transport and the 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 know tablets for sue to get. so that's not really the case. it's not as easy to these that on to the issue of all the cost 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 that we also respect people are writing for walking us. got used us,

but also in the bring the car use up to feel that. yeah, i didn't talk to be to show myself at them reach of what was the result was a bicycle with them looking. so we still have the mindset issue. if we look at the likes of copenhagen and sit down, these are rags, the best cities for fighting bays. 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 a totally different approach approaches in, in african cities? as it sits, it has its own template. if somebody's dig for it for any city to try, unquote, 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 copy. then the rest of the detail is something that has to comply

with the local context. so we don't want to be on them. we don't want to be caught up and take 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 us. 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 on 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 with we are sitting in offices, we are sitting in traffic to the sitting in traffic. i think when in nipple to bentwood school, they bike wouldn't enable people waiting to us by filling in maple hills,

livelihoods hills. so to see families and did 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. to next we go to kenya with the bicycle has long been a mode of transport 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. morning here in just a bicycle. right as well, just 1st monday, 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 one way or another. the bike is a stepping stone. i mean, i won't go to bed hungry, the kids won't sleep with empty stomachs and life will go on. growing up just at the north. i'm a bicycle for all the major and we just need us to just in the afternoon and in his community this week, not to be taught him from us patting to be a by corner. like i said, one plus business i had promised myself as a young person, that i would buy a buying with my fast paced, letting them know. 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. i don't mean ever since 1997 says 97 of equal but the bicycle is often the fos full of ability for many young people in the side of

africa. if it's 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. the to recycling machine has maintained its place in google africa with most of the people in on center using it for fits and effective it 2 times that changing and motorcycles are becoming more popular. they have capacity to fading more goods in our fuss compared to the bicycle. however, just let that lot afford one at the moment. and so he has to make do what it has to keep like you do y 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, now pop it up like is what is if you put the sack on the bike, now will the rates of which he will get tied versus you on the bike, but it is way different to know qual, connecting folks even us, just as a psyche continue with the bikes remains one of the most precious commodity

well, from one way of earning a living on a bike to another. professional cycling in africa historically 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 cyclists who want to test their scales 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 this board as 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 the needs 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. um, 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 guess what jim joins me from to how does the welcome to data be in use effort. as soon google's citing as a sport is, is it not very accessible in africa? so how did you get into it? i think you're going to show yes, i need to say it's not an easy thing to to, to get into the to especially for us came from the dis, fundies community. so i going to eat and i just even cato as one of those when i pods and i was young and kid tom lived, there was a single pause house. so i asked the guys how to join the site. and crap is something that i joined and then yeah, that's lead actually began. but when i joined the trial, but need to be 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. but let us in on what it's actually like competing as a professional cyclist, what does it take to perform at a, at a very high level, like you once that it too. so it takes a lot of 6 cards and a lot of time it is, let us know, and you have 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 put him 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 that you can be so right. is business, you know, you yeah. i was looking at you instagram and i see that 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. it's the yeah, it has changed. you know, it's more of my safe as it used to be and that i think people, they need to be to change the url tab about site lease. you know, and i mean like the old just everyone just a also just need to speak to shut down their own and make it mostly for everyone's going. it's good for, for funding findings, right? 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're all very few black riders who can actually say they've taken part in the to the front. from your perspective, what is the reason for, for the lack of this diversity in, in the sports at that level? i think, yeah, most today, right? as a pay monthly coming from for model pickup. 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 because it ask you, right. i know it's because i've been shoes 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 what else was in have own oxygen. see that focus on getting blood slightly into the 21st part of the stage where you're not looking great. right? i mean, i find that interesting that you say we don't have an african team. um, so the, the support community 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 is both nafrica so that we do have an african team to represent us at the total funds one day the we do need some people to into team 1st into, into the project. the right people are running this projects we have not 3 because

it on the oh you just want a huge chance of getting right us with that i that's these to get, you know, big in that way of getting people the messages for anybody really able to go to the 20 fast security tenants so many other races somebody as well. um you, you sort of get 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. it says 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 such a very high in demand in spot. you know, so you need to be disciplined. you're explaining it probation, 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 as you, when i get this off, there also is 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. thank you so much . i as you know, i'm now seriously considering getting on the by small maybe it's too late for my pro career, but i can still read the health benefits and do my bid 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 a stories on d. w dot com, forward slash efforts, and we're also on facebook and twitter. i'll see you next time by a happy spikey. if you're going to do the

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