The Bus Rapid Transport system for Nairobi is in a mess. Government has allegedly ordered 64 buses from South Africa but there is no clear idea of how the BRT will operate on five key corridors (see P23). Many big cities have parastatals managing public transport such as TFL in London and the Metropolitan Transport Authority in New York. Tanzania set up the DART parastatal to operate its fleet of rapid transport buses in Dar es Salaam. If it wants the private sector to operate BRT, then they should buy the buses.

Source: The Star April 30, 2019 03:00 UTC