[kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status

Sat May 19 12:12:31 EAT 2012

Edwin - I fully agree with you that a 'point-based-system' is needed to
bring sanity on our roads. 

I am aware of an organization that has developed such a system that
integrates all the relevant bodies - police, insurance, KRA, etc. They were
recently awarded money to develop the system further, under the KICTB Tandaa
Local Digital Content Grant.

Does anyone have more details on the system?

Esther

From: kictanet
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Behalf Of Edwin Onchari
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 6:48 PM
To: emuchiri at andestbites.com
Cc: 'Nashon Adero'; 'James Gachanja'; 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status

Listers,

As we all ponder and contribute, here is my 1/= worth.

If we ...i.e. the national insurance underwriter (Kenya Re), TLB, Police and
the ICT community work together in coming up with a point based system for
traffic violators, where if one is caught flouting rules, they are awarded
penalty points (payable through Mobile money but the record still remains in
the system).  The system could also be designed in such a manner that when a
driver is stopped, the cop and TLB official  runs their DL number/Vehicle
registration to determine if there are any outstanding warrants, etc.all
insurers to be forced to charge very high premiums for vehicles and drivers
that have X number of violations on their Vehicles & DL numbers, etc..I
believe that if you hit drivers and vehicle owners hard in the pocket, they
will reform! I for one will be hesitant to rent out/lend my car to a serial
violator, I will be forced to ask for his DL #, send an SMS to confirm that
they are not reckless drivers, etc

Best Regards,

Edwin 

From: kictanet
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:18 PM
To: Edwin
Cc: Nashon Adero; James Gachanja; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status

Thanks MM, Josphat and Mbuguss, this is really a handfull of information,
lets await more contributions and forwad them to KENHA, i suppose they
participated in the IBM study if not we will share the findings with them
and hear what they have to say.

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 12:11 PM, muriuki mureithi
<mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke> wrote:

Hi Edith
ICT is at the  core of smart transportation by its unique  role to impart
information for decision making for example -
 Road design  as mentioned by Dr Aligula require lots of data on traffic,
loads  and dispersion of the traffic  etc -currently we have rudimentary
processes to capture the data.  CCTV ,  sensors, GPS etc  ups the game with
designers able to extrapolate, project  and  predict   and  with analytics
all the data presented in this list will come alive  presenting planners and
policy makers features to be incorporated in road design for safety,
seamless  and integrated commuting
ICT is the tool of choice  to enhance the experience of the driver across
the city ( information on the fingertips on least congested routes) commuter
( seamless and integrated options of travel) enforcement ( ability to take
off rogues out of the road based on previous behaviour) parking ( sensors
tell you where to park)  investor ( where your matatu is and how much they
have made) and for the authorities traffic management , efficient revenue
collection - fines, parking fees and most importantly as a tool to change
user behaviour . Nairobi is very important no just for the city residents
but the whole of the region

It is happening and IBM study cited examples where the ICT is a game changer
in  transportation . Dr Ndemo  has thrown his hat in the ring  by bringing
the stakeholders together through the IBM study , it is now a challenge for
us to take forward the recommendations  and  this we can -- basic
infrastructure is in place , skills to develop the apps, partnership
frameworks  etc  and most importantly the pain as a motivator is there -
consider the jams of the last three weeks, the needless deaths on our roads
, the time wastage , environmental impact ---

cheers

Muriuki Mureithi
Consultant Member
Society of Telecommunications Consultants
Summit Strategies Ltd , www.summitstrategies.co.ke

calling for a paradigm shift  for  ict policies for africa  to the next
level
-http://www.apc.org/en/blog/calling-paradigm-shift-ict-policies-africa-growt
h

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Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status

Dear Eric,

Thanks for the enlightening explanation and I now see the role of data
across the three stages - design, construction and operations.

You've provided a good framework to guide any discussions on this issue on
the list. I was struck by two points you raised:

1. "This raises a burning policy question for me of just how "safe" our new
roads are? Would they pass muster if road safety audits were conducted? It's
an open question."
2. " We need to invest in robust institutions, that are data driven in their
interventions. It's the lesson of global best practice."

My final question, what role can ICTs under "smart transport solutions"
play? And what is being done or planned in Kenya within this context? I
think this is a useful debate to have w.r.t Thika Road as a case in point.

Edith

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From: Eric Aligula [mailto:jairah at kippra.or.ke]
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:16 PM
To: Edith Adera
Cc: Nashon Adero; James Gachanja; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya' Road Safety Status

Edith

In countries where road safety has seen dramatic improvements, interventions
have always been data driven. And they take place at the three levels of
design, construction and operations.  There is a whole class of
engineers/auditors who conduct road safety audits during these three phases.
Most of the issues being raised about Thika Road and I dare say all the new
roads being built, would have been identified by road safety auditors during
design and also during construction.

This raises a burning policy question for me of just how "safe" our new
roads are? Would they pass muster if road safety audits were conducted? It's
an open question.

Road design protocols should ensure that no road is procured until it is
certified by a qualified road safety auditor as a safe road design.  This
process should not delay the procurement process at all and neither should
it significantly raise the cost of acquisition.

My two cents is that the Ministry of Roads and KENHA are exposing themselves
to legal action, a class action suit, whose outcome is anyones guess. But to
make your case, you need data that is reliable and actually attests to what
the actual causes of road crashes are. Not the proximate causes. The lawyers
on the list may have something to say about this.

So Edith, absent good data, no viable and sustainable road safety
interventions will come through. One of the things we hope to show is that
the episodes when we have seen declines in road crashes has been after major
outcries such as is happening now. I hope to be disappointed, but when
things calm down, this outcry will die down too. And then will wait for the
next spate of crashes to raise our cudgels again.

We need to invest in robust institutions, that are data driven in their
interventions. It's the lesson of global best practice.

Kind regards

Eric Aligula

Sent from my iPad

On 17 May 2012, at 22:10, "Edith Adera" <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:

> Well said Bwana Ndemo. The design challenges you have illustrated are just
a fraction of the design challenges of Thika Road. Slip roads (properly
designed not 90 degrees) are also needed that take you efficently back to
the opposite direction should you miss your turning for e.g. rather than
drive miles and miles before you get a way back. I absolutely agree that
foot bridges hardly work especially when wide spread...it reminds me of the
"great wall of china" on the Naivasha road where people jump over the wall
or make acrobatic moves and balances on the wall while awaiting cars moving
at neck breaking speed...you have deadly accidents on that road when an
slight error is made in their acrobatic moves.
>
> Eric, I'm trying to wrap my head around the link between accurate road
safety data and road designs especially after roads are completed and the
deal sealed like Thika Road. Please explain as much as I appreciate research
and data.
>
> I'm still recovering from Eng Kidenda saying (through a proxy) how he's
too busy to engage with stakeholders on some of these crucial issues
including suggestions provided by listers on some of the smart transport
solutions which are relevant to this list.
>
> Edith
> ________________________________________
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> bitange at jambo.co.ke [bitange at jambo.co.ke]
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> 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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