Traffic problems

• Unplanned citys

  • roads are narrow and poorly built. road planning is neglected leading to bottlenecked roads, which causes congestion
  • No ring road, all roads connected to the CBD
  • Only 13 intersections in the CBD are controlled by traffic lights, causing commuting chaos
• Population growth

  • rural urban migration has caused a boom in vehicle peopulation
  • about 700,000 vehicles on the roads
  • council cant build roads to accomodate the growth
• Poor discipline

  • Drivers have next to no training. They do not follow the rules of the roads, which causes congestion at junctions
  • Drivers usually jump red lights and block intersections
  • Traffic law enforcement is patchy and drivers have no incentive to follow driving discipline
• Alternative traffic means

  • People must use cars because there us no mass-transit systems
  • wosened by social stigma of walking or using a shared car, a car is a sign of wealth
• Tighter budgets

  • Country is fairly corrupt, when the money should be being used to implement transport management.
  • Leads to pooer roads and little money actually working towards safer roads