In Zimbabwe, the Covid-19 pandemic brought up several measures to transform transportation. But governmental actions to fade out fossil fuels in the mobility sector have not yet became effective. Instead, the transition to cleaner vehicles is facing hurdles. Kennedy Nyavaya has the stroy.
Electrifying public transport could be an efficient start to decarbonize Zimbabwes transport sector. (Photo by David Brossard, CC BY-SA 2.0)
At the beginning of 2020, Zimbabwe introduced a raft of measures, anchored on limiting crowding, to suppress the spread of the highly contagious Corona virus. Among its strategies to enforce the measures, the government also took a central role in managing the transport sector by monitoring how people moved from one place to the other and what means of transport they used.
This saw a reintroduction of the desolate Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco)…