A south-south exchange between Greater Cairo region and Metro-Manilla
Mega-cities and urban agglomerations are built around mobility nodes and corridors that were normally shaped by the rise of motorization in the past decade. In the global south, mega-cities often sprawl at a pace faster than urban mobility planning can catch up with, and under the pressure of providing transport means for the masses, a transition for climate-ready mobility, resilient systems, or emission-reduction often falls short on the list of priorities. On a large scale, investment in improving public transportation is indisputable whether to keep the cities running or to provide equitable and more climate-friendly access to mobility saving space and energy resources consumed by individual motorized vehicles.
The session will showcase tools and solutions in which cities can approach multi-level mobility planning, while engaging their local communities. The discussion will provide comparative context and cases from the Greater Cairo region and Metro Manila, two metropolitan areas with more than 15 million inhabitants, that are expanding their sustainable mobility networks from large to micro-scale.