This space contains High Volume Transport publications, event announcements and updates from the global transport research sector.

INSIGHT: Issues related to distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in Sub-Saharan Africa
A new think piece from Transaid, an international transport NGO, explores the challenges of distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to people in Sub-Saharan Africa and proposes some ways to deal with such unprecedented logistical issues. Bernard

HVT joins with the World Economic Forum and others to keep the world moving through the COVID-19 pandemic.
HVT has become an official partner of COVID Mobility Works, an independent platform dedicated to collecting, synthesising and sharing mobility initiatives that are keeping the world moving during the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of this platform is to

HVT Launches Rapid Response Transport Research Programme to provide guidance for developing countries to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic
The High Volume Transport programme (HVT) has commissioned 21 research projects to help Low-Income Countries (LICs) respond to the impact of COVID-19 through transport management and policy guidance. The new portfolio of research has been

Nigeria paves the way to transport recovery, but sustainable development needs to go faster say experts
Nigeria has released new funds to protect the transport sector in the wake of COVID-19 across both the formal and informal transport systems. They are: A N10b ($26.m) intervention fund to compensate the formal private sector road transport operators for losses sustained due to the pandemic. A committee

10 research projects selected to help improve transport in low-income countries
The High Volume Transport Programme (HVT) is delighted to announce that 10 research projects have been commissioned following the recent Open Call for co-created research. These projects will produce research that will help increase access

How is COVID-19 impacting walking and cycling policy in Africa?
HVT has contracted Walk21 (working in collaboration with UNEP) to implement a project to explore the Impact of COVID-19 on Walking and Cycling Policy and Practice in Africa. One of the 10 low carbon ‘quick win’ research