Bordeaux: How a Traffic Solution became a triple crisis solution

By Sah Terence Animbom and Fawoh Tomoh Nancy (Media et Democartie Yaounde Bordeaux Fellows) Ever tried solving one serious problem in society and found yourself solving so many other serious problems? The French city of Bordeaux found itself in such a situation some two decades ago. By the early 2000s, the city of Bordeaux in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France had started experiencing very heavy traffic jams that made traffic circulation a nightmare around the city. It became even more compounded by construction works for tramways within the city of Bordeaux by the city council. In the year 2000, the…