[kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status

[Eric Aligula]

PS,

I agree with most of what you were saying. 

I think that the biggest challenge, and it will become more evident as county governments form and citizen's exercise their legal and constitutional privileges, is that there is lack of a robust framework for evaluating infrastructure alternatives and clear processes for evaluating infrastructure system designs.

That is the Thika Road Problem.

The road safety challenge will become more acute if the data to support the various policy choices is not reasonably accurate.  That is the thrust of our work.

Kind regards

Eric Aligula Magolo, PhD
Programmes Coordinator & Ag. Head, Infrastructure and Economic Services Division
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: bitange at jambo.co.ke [mailto:bitange at jambo.co.ke]
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:45 PM
> To: Eric Aligula; kictanet
> Cc: Nashon Adero; James Gachanja; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status
> 
> Dakitari,
> When the construction of Thika road started, I twitted that the design of the
> road may not be compatible with our culture.  I specifically made severance
> to South Korea where every other two kilometrers they raise the road to
> enable people and animals to have access to both sides of the road.  I was
> told it was too early to complain.
> 
> The design of the fly-overs too will not reduce the possibility of jams.  The
> Museum Hill fly-over will be more problematic than the round-about was.
> The roads converge in a way that does not allow smooth flow of traffic.
> 
> Back to Thika road.  There is no need for any study since we all know that
> foot bridges never work for us.  An under-pass would have done it.
> University of Nairobi students an underpass for years since the three lane
> highway was introduced on Uhuru Highway.  We have so much knowledge
> but it seems it never helps.
> 
> The solution on Thika Road is to demolish any building a long the road that is
> within one half of a kilometre.  This will stall people from jumping across to
> visit.  Such highways are either sunken to allow easier over-passes or are
> raised at different intervals.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> 
> 
> Ndemo.
> 
> 
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