3rd Paratransit / Popular Transportation Day at Transforming Transportation 2025

This one-day mini-conference is dedicated to recognizing and elevating paratransit services (also referred to as popular transportation, informal transportation, intermediate public transportation or artisanal transportation): privately-owned local transport systems that are vital in developing cities.

Centered around the theme: “Pathway Partners: Engaging Paratransit/Popular Transportation as Assets to Building Sustainable Transportation,” this year’s event aims to share lessons learned from the implementation of real-world policies and projects across the globe; strengthen networks dedicated to integrating paratransit into policy, planning and investments; unlock global finance for paratransit systems; and lay the foundation for greater collaboration with the driver-owners and workers of the micro- and small-enterprises that operate these vital systems.

Speakers:

• Abimbola Akinajo, Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority
• Maruxa Cardama, Executive Director, Partnership for Sustainable Low-Carbon Transportation
• Holger Dalkmann, CEO and Founder, Sustain2030
• Alana Dave, Director of Urban Transport, International Transport Workers’ Federation
• Mohamed Hegazy, Transport Lead, High-Level Climate Champions
• Jean-Jacques Helluin, Executive Manager, Cooperation for Urban Mobility in the Developing World (CODATU)
• Jacqueline Klopp, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia Climate School; Principal Investigator, PRISM
• Anjali Mahendra, Global Research Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
• Benjamin de la Peña, Chair, Global Network for Popular Transportation; CEO, Shared-Use Mobility Center
• Felipe Ramirez, Urban Mobility Director, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
• Dr. Apiwat Ratanawaraha, Associate Director, Chulalongkorn University Transportation Institute
• Andrea San Gil, Executive Director, Global Network for Popular Transportation