Our research team is looking for a research assistant to be based in Cape Town, South Africa. The project is on minibus taxi reform.

The details, and instructions to apply, are here

Thanks to @vox_dev for stopping by to discuss how developing-country cities can leverage existing privatised networks to provide better 'public' transit.

🆕 Minibuses, major gains: Rethinking urban transit in developing countries 📢 Today on #VoxDevTalks w/ @timsvengali, Lucas Conwell (@EconUCL) discusses how simple policy changes can improve the efficiency of informal transport networks: https://t.co/NbEPMmNALE

📢We’re hiring! We’re looking for an Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in any field of economics to join our team @ucl Department of Economics. 📅Deadline: 24 November 2023 Find out more and apply➡️ https://t.co/Uno60d5obd

This is the key chart for comparing transport in US vs Europe: US cities have chosen car travel. They do it pretty well (with obvious negative externalities) Euro cities (+ London) have chosen public transport, and do it pretty well UK-ex London does neither well, and suffers.