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| Solution To Lagos Traffic? by Immune1(m): 3:34pm On Aug 17, 2012 |
They say the best ideas come from the wildest thoughts and also, dire times stamp the need for proactive solutions. It is on this premise that this likely temporal solution will be thrown open for real scrutiny and some measure of consideration. The geometric rise in the population of Lagos and the continuous surge of business will result in the current traffic situation depreciating further. According to LAMATA(2005),'200,000 vehicles are registered annually in Lagos and there are 11 vehicles to every kilometre of road nationwide, whereas in Lagos there are 222 vehicles to every kilometre’. Currently, the Lagos state road network can only boost of 860km of accessible roads (combined figure of both state owned and federal roads). With this reality and a large chunk of State funds allocated to the rehabilitation and maintenance/expansion of existing roads, other measures must be employed to possibly curb the ever worsening traffic situation. A primary factor to be considered is time! Time is needed for execution of mega-projects like underground railways, massive road expansions or even projects similar to the on-going Lagos-Badagry rail/road project, which can indeed abate road traffic by making other transportation options very feasible. So the question here is: knowing well the way things work in Nigeria, do we wait for more projects of even larger magnitudes to be executed and suffer even more? The pain Lagosians are bound to go through during the execution of landmark projects of this nature –if they are executed- is unbearable; if still in doubt, why not carry out investigations into the daily travails of an average hard working Nigerian that lives in Okokomaiko but works in Victoria-Island. The well known cause of traffic under normal conditions is the existence of highly uniform peak movement periods across the entire state. This can be relatively linked with the various timing most people leave for work and return home after work. With this in mind, what solution are we hitting at? A simple distortion of this regular uniform peak nature of traffic by government, by enforcing flexible working time/shifts in companies. What will be achieved if this happens? At least, one thing is for sure, the managerial board of tons of Lagos-domiciled companies might not like this, but on the long run, this will even things out and ideally eliminate peak traffic periods. Like I said before, it’s just a crazy thought; what do you think? source:http:[url]//www.autobaseafrica.com/solution-to-lagos-traffic/[/url] |
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