Dakar Dem Dikk DDD, the national public transport company, has inaugurated its new Operations Control Center CCO at its Ouakam headquarters.
The event was attended by the Director General of Road Transport, Ababacar Fall, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport, and the Director General of DDD, Assane Mbengue. This new infrastructure aims to modernize urban transport in Senegal. Ababacar Fall stated that the center includes an operational assistance and passenger information system, which also supervises ticketing through integrated cameras.
The center will monitor bus movements, passenger numbers, and driver conduct. New buses are also expected to join the Dakar Dem Dikk fleet. With this modernization, the role of bus conductors will be phased out.
However, Assane Mbengue, Director General of DDD, assured that conductors will not be laid off but will be retrained for other roles within the company to safeguard their employment during this transition to a more modern and efficient transport network.
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