11/09/2026
Whose mobility are we planning?
That's the question sitting at the center of our exhibition this week at the Nairobi Biennale of Architecture & Art 2026.
Flone Initiative has been exhibiting alongside UN Environment Programme and The Cycling Cities Experience at the Jamhuri Expo Hall, ASK Showgrounds, a six-banner journey through policy, lived experience, and history, all built around one question: whose mobility are we actually planning for?
Our contribution to the exhibit asks the question we've built our work around: Who gets to move? A cycle lane or sidewalk isn't inclusive just because it exists. Can a child use it safely? Can a woman travel without fear? Can someone with a disability make the same journey independently? Our Breaking Barriers research found that women made just 3% of Nairobi's estimated 55,000 daily cycling trips in 2022, a number that reflects exactly who our streets were designed for, and who they weren't.
Find the report here: https://tinyurl.com/mry9p9nf
A billion Africans walk and cycle every day. Yet the people who depend most on their own two feet are consistently the last considered when streets are designed and budgets are set. Archival photos in the exhibit show Kisumu's roundabout and Nairobi's Moi Avenue in the 1940s and 50s, full of walkers and cyclists, even as those cities were already being redesigned around cars. That shift wasn't inevitable. It was a series of choices. Which means it can be chosen differently, starting with the Pan-African Action Plan for Active Mobility (PAAPAM), adopted regionally in April 2026, which calls on governments to finally recognize, plan for, and invest in how people already move.
π Jamhuri Expo Hall, ASK Showgrounds, Nairobi, open all day today.
Come in. Tell us how your city moves, who's being left out and what you would change.
