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City Development Plan

[moving street vendors out of unafe stalls and into designated areas]

[Summary & Motivation] [Community] [Specifications] [Issues] [Contacts] [Pictures]

Summary & Motivation	Project Initiator: ATS, with Maseru City Council Start Date: 2005 Projected Completion Date: Not applicable Current Status: Ideas stage In any town or city in Lesotho, street vendors gather to sell their goods at the nearest bus stop. Such is the case in Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. Vendors sell goods from boxes, carts, and small shacks or stalls. Many of these stalls are poorly constructed, leading to wet customers and sellers during rain stoms. In addition, several of them are set up in such a way as to block traffic from easily passing. This traffic obstruction can be especially detrimental given that the bus stop is a high traffic area. The Maseru City Council has asked ATS to develop a low-cost shelter which could be sold (or distributed freely) to the street vendors. In conjunction with the development of the shelter, it has been suggested that both groups also look at ways to get the vendors to move to a more centralized area. Such decisions will require mutual agreement from both sides. [top]
Community	The technology involved would be marketed (or distributed freely) to street vendors. The government would subsidize such distribution. [top]
Specifications	Must be durable enough to withstand rain and wind. Must be easily movable. Should not obstruct roadways when properly set up. [top]
Issues	Help is needed in the following areas: Developing a plan to address the dueling problems of economic development and displacement of street vendors. [top]
Contacts	Project Leader: D.S. Phakisi MIT Contact: Matt Zedler <mzedler@MIT.edu> ATS Contact: D.S. Phakisi <phakisids@ats.org.ls> Website (If applicable):   [top]
Diagrams / Pictures	PICTURES Description (Name) [Date] Download Prototype Photo Album Pictures of the local city market on a quiet Sunday morning (M. Zedler) [8.30.05]. *.html (Link) [top]

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