Traffic solutions

• Command centre

  • Funded by the chinese government
  • Used to control the flow of traffic and reduce congestion
  • Includes speed cameras, license plate recognition and traffic lights with timers
  • Less police officers are needed to control the flow of traffic and can deal with traffic offenders
  • Effective as less traffic congestion and offenders are being delt with
• Intelligent traffic lights

  • Aimed at reducing congestion caused by traffic lights by making them more aware of the traffic
  • they are connected and linked so that if there is congestion it redirects the traffic
  • Reduces congestion, but people still dont follow the rules of the road
• Smartphones

  • Matatus are informal mini buses that travel across the city
  • open Matatus is an app used to track the bus
  • Makes the service more reliable
  • But people still dont all have smartphones
• Contactless payments

  • O-city product is contactless payment through a smart phone
  • 10,000 matatus buses now use cashless payments
  • It is easy to use and reduces mugging
• Speed governers

  • These are devices that are added to cars to help monotor and track the speed of the vehicle
  • Made mandatory that Matatus buses have these
  • People just ignore these or dont have them installed, and people dont think they are very accurate
• Critical Mass Nairobi

  • Scheme to encorage people to ride their bike rather than taking a car, to reduce congestion
  • Will not reduce the transport issue, as it is not safe and people dont recognise the cyclists as road users
• Ring Roads

  • The western and outer ring roads are roads that bipass the city, to reduce traffic in the centre
  • Less congestion
  • People steel metal from the roads and sell it on
• New rail station

  • Train stops by 4 times a day
  • Can accomodate people who would usually take cars, reducing vehicle emitions and commutor time
  • Not very effective as only 4 times a day and very expensive