if i were governor i would try hiking prices of rates to live in lagos, this would give incentives for people to go to other cities. use that money, provide a more reliable transportation system.expand the city, and start planing.

well d trfik problem in lagos is somtin i dont even want to talk about.imagin trafik into d island in d morning @ about 7am and d same tin around 5pm.
i once stayed in trafik between eko hotel and bonny camp (both in VI) from 5pm till around 8pm A TRIP OF ABOUT 5 MINS

the metro scheme would be a lovely one but lagos is so conjested that for it to work,we would av to demolish so many houses.
or wat do u tink?>

what can be done?

provide 1000 mass transit bus and 500 ferries
No more government vehicle convoy, politicians should have max two cars
CHARGE EVERYONE N500/mile

Dis Guy:

what can be done?

provide 1000 mass transit bus and 500 ferries
No more government vehicle convoy, politicians should have max two cars
CHARGE EVERYONE N500/mile

Nice joke, but do you know the funny thing? Lagosians will afford to pay that and how will the government enforce this?,some sort of techie meter in each cars?
In lagos of today, having a car is something of status/class, and they won't give that up easily.
Na wa o.
I strongly believe we can profer a workable solution in this thread - right here on Nairaland!!

are you saying that is not workable?

fix every car with some sort of tracker and have monitoring devices around Lagos state. no tracker you car gets crushed or seized
this will get rid of the status/class mentality esp when you have to fork out N20,000 for every to and fro
This will half the number of private vehicles on Lagos road generate massive revenue for building at least 6 bridges and proper roads within Lagos.

a bit draconian but Lagos needs a major surgery as it is

Dis Guy:

are you saying that is not workable?

fix every car with some sort of tracker and have monitoring devices around Lagos state. no tracker you car gets crushed or seized

@Dis Guy,
Dont get me wrong, I din't say it is not workable. Anything is possible. Especially with the tracker and monitoring device you just explained. i think RFIDs can do this if i'm right

This is one of the reasons I can't live in Lagos. . .I guess lagosians are used to it.
But to think of it Lagos is Tapping. . .That's why most people wouldn't leave.

I wont discourage the use of Lagbus, it is also done in London, what the government need to do is to purchase more buses and at the same time make stops on each 4minutes drive.  It shouldn't be that a bus will move from 7up straight to Obalende, that is absurd, I think what should be done is to give buses different routes and they should number them take for instance bus 177 should be taking the route of Ikeja to Maryland, and bus 202 from Ojota to Ogba and so on.
Apart from this, the government need to ask ever owners of a car to be doing MOT every 3months, MOT is meant for checking the cars that are still okay to be used on our road, the ones that are not good should be taken away and sold to manufacturer who will repair it and the owner will be able to pay instalmentally.
Moreover the government should quickly implement the use of Railway, they need to give contract on constructing both underground and overhead railway lines. This will equally reduce the rate of traffic in this congested area.
Without a good plan, I am assuring you that Lagos will be worse than the unnoticeable state in America.

1. ) Re-construct our roads. Let us have good network of road. We can always copy the developed nation where they have achieved a reasonable level of traffick control. For example, we can have more major roads like ikorodu roads & Agege Motor road and let them be parallel and perpendicular to one another. Then install traffick lights at the intersections.
2.) Let government provide buses (luxurious) not "danfo" to shuttle this major roads
3.) Revive our dead railway service and expand its coverage.
4.) Extend railway service to neat-by towns like Ibadan, Epe, Ijebu, etc. (I love to live in Ibadan and won't mind working at Lagos provided there is good transport system)
4.) Set up addidtional mode of transportation like subway
5.)come up with alternate routes to Island from Ikoyi and mail land in order to resolve bottle neck @ Falomo bridge.

Just my 2k. 

we need a subway system, good roads, traffic lights ( good ones ), and so on

Hello guyz, I think we should give qudos to LAMATA(Lagos State Metropolitant Area Transport Authourity) who have stand up for the traffic task in lagos, and for the past few month that they've emback on this task, they have really prove it to the public that they can deliver a very good job.

And i think we should just wait and see what they will come out with at the end of the whole Job.

Think LAMATA think Tranport in LAGOS CITY.

EKO O NI BAJE OOO!!!


papa

if i were governor i would try hiking prices of rates to live in lagos, this would give incentives for people to go to other cities. use that money, provide a more reliable transportation system.expand the city, and start planing.

very funny some suggestions u get to hear on this site.lol;
dnt u think lagos will now be exclusively for the rich.some people will pay a fortune to stay in lagos,and therefore some people will work for this people that are in lagos.back to the topic;
somebody was even saying lamata has tried,wot did they do hmm!
digging up roads that were never enuf in the first place cannot be a solution.people now avoid ikorodu road like a plague cos of the hold-ups u are sure to encounter there,hw can u dig up a road that is not ok,i felt like crying for road users in lagos,all in the name of brt.the number of accidents this digging has caused should be left unsaid(eni kon lo mo).
people are suggesting taxing the people that use the road as if we dont pay multiple taxes in the first place.
we have abundant oil revenues in this country that if we start building bridges in every state for the next couple of year,there will be no drain on our resources.
the helplessness of this is that in this same holdup,u get robbed,i know people that have been robbed at least 4 times.a friend of mine had to fly out of the country to treat his gunshot wounds that he sustained.
we should declare a state of emergency with respect to our roads.then find solutions to the problem.

@seun 001, sorry to disappoint you, but that would bring the number of Area boys to the multiple of 5. Believe me as there would be more homeless people nad they will take to drugs more.
Find a better solution. I believe one exists.

have oyu noticed that theres no road that is smooth for 25metres in lagos,thats my reasoning when i said a state of emergency should be declared.
area boys can be taken care of easily cos once govt is against it,theres no way they will survive.bt the lagos govt condones them,the main reason that the are powerful.

Are we talking about AREA boys or TRAFFIC on Lagos roads including the state of the roads?

papa.

Talkin bout traffic in lag , kinda hard. There's as much stress on the pedestrian as well as the driver - much less on the passengers. The roads are terrible, the road marshalls are something else. Sometimes they really do help with the traffic - both many a time, they r just out there 4 their own selfish interests, exploiting the common man with their very cheap uniform.
Lagos na hot cake. Anyone in lagos must be prepared 4 the toughest of locomotion. The other day I went late for an appointment in VI from festac after leavin bout 2hours 30mins earlier.
My conclusion: Lagos na jungle, only animals fit dey this kind mad place dey happy.

Victoria Island on Oyin Jolayemi Street, last updated 6 min(s) 44 sec(s) ago
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