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News 13 Aug 2012 5 min read

Public transport, still problematic

Rabat is in the grip of sustained urbanisation and strong demographic expansion. In this context, public transport is struggling to meet the needs of the population.
Public transport, still problematic
Throughout these last few years, the city of Rabat has not stopped transforming itself. There are many projects that have changed the face of the agglomeration both economically and urbanistically (the new city of Tamesna, the development of the Bouregreg valley, and Technopolis). Rabat is experiencing a real urban revolution accompanied by considerable demographic expansion. However, this increased urbanisation remains out of step with the system ensuring the mobility of the population. The latter is moving today more and more (work, universities, schools, and leisure). A situation that exposes the failure of urban mobility in Rabat. A major challenge. Because it raises the question of the right to mobility, one of the basic rights of citizens. Indeed, Rabat suffers from a weak structuring of the urban transport network, thus hindering the mobility of people, particularly the massive m…

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