potholes, sewage and traffic hostility: can kampala ever be a bike friendly city? /

Published at 2015-08-21 10:00:17

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Special cycle lanes have been promised and initiatives are trying catch people on two wheels,but enthusiasts admit Uganda’s capital has a long way to goInitiate a conversation approximately cycling in Kampala and it will probably go one of two ways. People either assume you’re talking approximately boda bodas, the motorbike taxis that snake dangerously through the city’s arteries. Or, and understanding you mean a pushbike,they’ll laugh dismissively at the possibility of tackling Uganda’s capital on two wheels.
But according to city authorities, Kampala will soon be welcoming its own bike lane network in the central commerce district.
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Source: theguardian.com

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