STA 2025 Spotlight: Dakar, Senegal
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This STA Spotlight case study on Dakar, Senegal, the 2025 Sustainable Transport Award (STA) winner, highlights the city’s collaborative efforts to plan, build, and invest in public transport centered on zero-emission buses. In particular, Dakar launched its landmark all-electric BRT system in 2024 which spans over 18 kilometers, 23 stations, and hosts a fleet of more than 120 articulated all-electric buses.
High-quality rapid transit systems, when combined with transit-oriented land use policies and electric vehicles, can offer cities crucial climate, economic, and social benefits. Dakar’s BRT is expected to serve 300,000 passengers a day and reduce journey times from 95 to 45 minutes, leading to significant time savings for users. In addition, the system is expected to help mitigate over 53,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year with the all-electric fleet.
Most notably, Dakar leveraged innovative public-private partnerships and financing to realize its innovative e-BRT system. The regional transport agency, the Conseil Exécutif des Transports Urbains Durables (CETUD), worked closely with public institutions, the national government, development banks, and the private sector to create a global model for public transport investment.
The lessons offered by Dakar’s e-BRT, as well as the complementary transit-oriented policies instituted by the city, are an inspiration to other fast-growing cities working towards a future of clean, accessible, and modern transport.
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Learn More
- Continue Reading on the ITDP Blog →
- Watch the videos in the 2025 STA Series →
- Download the 2025 STA Honorable Mention Spotlight on Mexico City →
- Watch the 2024 STA Ceremony Honoring Tianjin, China →
- Read more about the Sustainable Transport Award program →
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