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transport solutions are modern and relevant. They will always be important. |
Local transport solution at an airport
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Modern, positive image of bicycles
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Intermediate means of transport
will continue to be important throughout the world, in rich and poor
areas. Examples of 'high status' local transport solutions include
trolleys at airports, golf-courses and supermarkets, sporting bicycles,
recreational animals and tourist carriages. In rural areas, local
transport solutions are often necessities, not luxuries, but their
value is often unacknowledged. There is need to counteract the 'old-fashioned'
image and encourage greater appreciation and pride in their use. Positive
images showing the value of transport solutions to present and future
development should be included in schoolbooks, media programmes and
documentaries and development reports. Targeted campaigns should help
raise awareness.
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When celebrating national Freedom Day in 1997, President Mandela entered
the stadium at Upington on a donkey cart. Such carts are important
local transport solutions in South Africa. By his action, Nelson Mandela
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A positive image of donkeys
is portrayed in this statue in Mekele, Ethiopia. It commemorates the
role of donkeys in assisting civilian refugees and the guerilla fighters.
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