Typical street before implementation of the proposed NMT improvements. It is apparent that pedestrians are sharing the available road space with motorized traffic. This situation poses a high risk of accidents to pedestrians. The high volume of traffic has caused heavy traffic jams and thus massive delays for the passengers in the motor vehicles leading to losses.
Winner presentation Urban Movement - Multi-modal urban transport scheme, Kampala, Uganda (l-r): Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Jacinta Nakanwagi, Prome Consultants, Kampala, Uganda; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.
Street redesign cross section showing the NMT improvements along the streets e.g. inclusion of sitting areas, landscaping, the physical separation between motorized traffic and NMT traffic, street lighting. The walkways have been sized to adequately accommodate the large numbers of pedestrians in line with standards specified in the Highway Capacity Manual 2000. Motorized traffic has been separated from the NMT by physical barriers to avoiding conflict. The corridor has been beautified.
Winner presentation Urban Movement - Multi-modal urban transport scheme, Kampala, Uganda (l-r): Maria Atkinson, Chairperson of the Holcim Foundation (at podium); Stuart Smith, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation & Director of Arup, Germany/UK; Jacinta Nakanwagi, Prome Consultants, Kampala, Uganda; and Meisa Batayneh Maani, Member of the Global Holcim Awards jury 2021, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, and Founder and Principal Architect of Maisam Architects & Engineers, Amman, Jordan.
Civil engineers Joseph Kigozi, Jacinta Nakanwagi, and Ronald Kibuuka from Prome Consultants, Uganda are passionate about improving the safety and sustainability of the road infrastructure network in Africa’s cities. The project blends road engineering and landscape design to improve current transport infrastructure and overall livability in Kampala.
By Joseph Kigozi - Prome Consultants, Kampala, Uganda and
Ideas: Urban Requalification, Economic & Social Empowerment
A multi-modal transport scheme combines road engineering and landscape design to improve logistics and urban livability. Traffic congestion in Kampala, like in most sub-Saharan cities, is acknowledged as a costly, dangerous and suboptimal aspect of African urban life. Inadequate road infrastructure poses serious health issues for both pedestrians and drivers, while impacting on the entire economic system through logistics inefficiency and lost time caused by traffic jams.
Project authors
Prome Consultants
Uganda
Prome Consultants
Uganda
Prome Consultants
The proposal offers valuable solutions to more responsibly rethink human activities that gravitate around congested urban areas. Holcim Awards 2020 jury for Middle East Africa
The Urban Movement plan for Kampala envisions an upgraded multi-modal transportation network designed for safe, efficient, and cleaner mobility in Kampala. Their concept incorporates elements of traffic engineering, landscaping, and urban design to significantly improve the quality of life in the city.
Project Status: Pilot Completed, Expansion Planned
Project Location: Luwum Street and Namirembe Road, Kampala
Kampala Transport Scheme
Kampala Transport Scheme
Urban Movement in Uganda – Author Comment
Urban Movement in Uganda – Author Comment
Urban Movement in Uganda – Project Overview
Urban Movement in Uganda – Project Overview
