CITY PLANNING TO BLAME FOR TRAFFIC?>

Looking closely you will realise many Nairobians spend 2-4hrs daily in

traffic jams,to my amusement even getting out of the city is a task.

Many see it as norm to get stuck in traffic jams as you enter the

city.

The fact is the roads feeding the city are wide and large thereby

letting in many vehicles,but as you get in the town the roads narrow

up.

From the basic knowledge of pressure,area and volume go hand in hand.

When a large volume of cars enters a narrowed road pressure has to be

exerted,the narrowed road cannot take the pressure so it piles from

the back. Traffic jams are here to stay as long as the city planning

is not changed.

On the other hand the number of private cars are rapidly increasing.

When everybody takes their car out, what do you expect??

The systems of controlling traffic flow in the city is somehow faulty.

It lacks consistency. At the round abouts for instance two or more

lanes are converged into a single lane.

How can I forget about road etiquette and manners? Some drivers always

like to overtake anywhere as if they own the roads. Others are always

in Rush and can do whatever it takes for them to get a way out.

Obstruction by the noisy matatus as they call for passengers causes a

pile up of cars as they have no way. There are those drivers who you

look at and wonder which bush  did they attend for driving

classes.They can never allow a car from another lane get on their way.

We can reduce congestion but we can never end without proper

infrastructure. Lets play our roles and we can move a step forward.