Traffic Management in Nairobi

Yesterday the City Council of Nairobi unveiled a new set of rules to help manage the traffic flow in and out of Nairobi that left me wondering if the council's measures would help with traffic congestion. Planning seems to have taken a back seat when it comes to looking at how some of these decisions impact on the residents of Nairobi, people whom the Council should strive to serve. I say this because, how do you terminate commuter transport into town so far away? What are the options and where are the options?

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Transporting Nairobi; can Uhuru drive this car?

It is far from the most graceful move, but Local Government Minister Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to restrict access into the city centre for matatus is a bold decision (whatever its motivations) and one that bears much potential. The minister cannot, of course, be absolved for his failure to give adequate notice to the matatu owners, or to explain the exemption from his decree of the major bus companies. He cannot either be forgiven the negligent manner in which so far-reaching and disruptive an innovation was implemented, nor for lacking the foresight to adequately manage the consequences of these measures. Still, the policy may yet be redeemed and the city that was once green and in the sun, may live to celebrate a decision that should serve to reduce its overwhelming ambient air pollution and clear its streets of noisy and costly traffic jams.

Read more from Angela Wairimu here.