BUS RAPID TRANSPORT

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a public transport system designed to improve capacity and reliability in congested cities. It is based on dedicated road lanes that cannot be used by vehicles other than large buses operated by BRT companies. BRT involves building new roads, interchanges, terminals and modern stations along the routes.

All over the world, cities like Nairobi, Dakar and Abidjan are encouraged by the World Bank and national governments to adopt BRT. They believe that BRT will ease congestion, increase efficiency, and reduce air pollution.

The ITF works with transport unions in target cities to strengthen the voice of workers in the development of BRT systems and to negotiate the transition from informal to formal work. As part of this work the ITF has produced the guides and reports below.

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Understanding Informal Transport In Africa

Since 2010, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the Global Labour Institute (GLI) have been working on labour and employment issues in the informal transport industry, and have
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Research Paper: Abidjan Bus Rapid Transit and Metro

This is the report of research commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) from the Global Labour Institute (GLI) in Manchester, UK and Université Alassane Ouattara (Côte d
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A Trade Union Guide to Worker Formalisation

Covid-19 has already had a profound economic and health impact on the lives of millions of informal transport workers, and the crisis shows little sign of abating. This guide aims to support unions in
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Nairobi Bus Rapid Transit Report

This is the second report of research commissioned by the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) as a contribution to the ITF Our Public Transport (OPT) programme. The overall objectives of
Worker Voices From Nairobi Public Transport

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