This space contains High Volume Transport publications, event announcements and updates from the global transport research sector.
Why Do We Miss the Connection Between Transport and Sexual Harassment in Nigeria?
Fatima Adamu , Executive Director, Nana Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative, Sokoto, Nigeria. EMPOWER project partner After working for two decades in research and activism on women’s rights in Nigeria, with extensive experience in the
COVID-19 Response and Recovery Research: An Evidence Base for a Resilient Future
By the time the World Health Organisation declared pandemic status for COVID-19 on 11th March 2020 we were already seeing chaos in the transport systems within Low-Income Countries (LICs). India’s transport system effectively collapsed as
Innovative research explores the link between transport and COVID-19 in Bangladesh
Delving into a broad set of data from 2020 – from Google Mobility data to newspaper clippings – researchers supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)-funded High-Volume Transport Programme (HVT) found a
Researching the impact of COVID-19 on transport across Africa and Asia
Louise Cathro | Sviti Pabari Research findings from our COVID-19 Response & Recovery Transport Research Fund confirms there are numerous transport and mobility challenges burdening vulnerable populations in low-income countries (LICs) in South Asia and Africa. Twenty-one research projects received a share of grant funding totalling just £500k funded by UKAID through the
Making Mobility Safe: The Infrastructure Toolkit For Non-motorised User Safety In African Cities
In partnership with Amend (and with funding from UKAid) we are proud to celebrate the launch of the Infrastructure Toolkit for Non-Motorised User Safety in African Cities: Challenges and Solutions. It consolidates decades of work
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
