[kictanet] FW: allAfrica.com: Kenya: Nairobi Among Cities With Worst Jams

Tue Sep 13 09:52:54 EAT 2011

Listers,

More information is available in the attached report.

Some key findings from the research on Nairobi:
- 71% of people in Nairobi drive alone to work or school
- 74% drive alone to other destinations
- Highway most predominantly used (58%) followed by downtown city streets
(45%)
- Most drive between 8-16kms, average is 13.1 kms
- Most spend between 30-45 minutes on the road.  The longest jams in
Nairobi last two hours.
- Majority of commuters leave their homes between 6-8am (74%).  A growing
segment (12%) leave their home between 5-6am to beat the traffic
- Most commuters (40%) start their journeys home between 5-6pm
- Generally, Nairobi residents feel that traffic has worsened over the last
three years
- More commuters would car pool if the price of petrol rose by 20%.  57%
already think petrol prices are too high.
- 70% of people in Nairobi increased their use of public transport in the
last year
- Rude drivers beat out unreliable jams and stop-start traffic as the most
annoying part of commuting in Nairobi
- 63% of respondents said that improving public transport would be valuable
- 61% of commuters believe that traffic is negatively affecting their
performance, taking more time away from their families, work and exercise
- The majority of commuters would support traffic restrictions to downtown
areas

(See attached file: Frustration Rising_IBM 2011 Commuter Pain Report.pdf)

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I absolutely agree with Steve here.  We don't even posses simple courtesy
like when approaching a crossroad, to allow the person who has reached the
crossroad junction first to traverse first and then the other and then the
other.  What can we do, as private sector, to instill some civic education
amongst drivers?  Any ideas?

Suraj

On 9/13/11 8:12 AM, "Steve Muchai" <smuchai at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:52 AM, John Kariuki
> <ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Shah,listers.
>> Nairobi traffic problems are basically caused by three things.
>> 1.Poor road infrastructure( A lot of work is on-going to improve the
>> situation)
>> 2.Lack of proper public transport hence the extensive use of personal
>> vehicles.
>> 3.Poor traffic control systems( Often they do not work and when they do
>> there is inadequate intelligence in the control system and hence poor
>> coordination).
>
> I also humbly submit that even with all these challenges, lack of
> courtesy and plain stupid behaviour are another major cause.
> Behaviours like: blocking junctions and exits, even when one has no
> clear way ahead; using incorrect lanes; improper use of entry lanes
> etc.
>
> If for a single day each and every driver would practice courtesy,
> we'd see a big difference.
> BR
> S
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