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Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Sleek05(f): 8:12pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
Hahahahahaha....I'm happy that all d pro-ban fans r suffering 2. What goes around comes around! |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Caracta(f): 8:17pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
How come i didn't see this thread earlier on? I'm so sick of the traffic situation. It's annoying! It's disgusting! It's crazy! It's frustrating! And with the fuel wahala again...this is really not fair |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by mkoabiola: 8:32pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
Even if u bring Obama to lag ,he cannot find lasting solution to lagos traffic. Traffic in Lagos is a curse, I was born n bred in lag, bt am use to use to d usual traffic,it a price u av to pay in lagos. Even though dere is ferry n rail ,traffic wil nva disappear in lag, D population is increasing day by day.from VILLAGE to CENTRE of LAGOS in d name of hustle. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by miqos02(m): 8:34pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
i had to trek from akilo road to computer village today |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Remii(m): 8:41pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
VolvoS60: Can you imagine speed which these criminals rushed and finished the toll plazas? Now everybody has to go to vgc to turn before facing vi. People living in Ajah has to leave home 5am to arrive at vi before 730am yet they will pay tolls. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by mollie12: 8:41pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
People its not the okada ban that is causing the traffic - its the fuel scarcity. How does it even correlate anyway? Yes, no okada means longer bus queues but to say it means more traffic doesn't add up. The traffic is really scary tho. I just can't wait for the light rails to be up and running *pheww!* |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by mollie12: 8:47pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
smarth-G: And this is how we Nigerians shoot ourselves in the foot. PDP has given you several years of 'suffer head' with few positives to show for it. The 'sufferhead' of the ACN govt at least has the promise of yielding good fruits in the future (a saner, cleaner, neater Lagos) but yet you'd rather chose the former. Please think wisely before you approach the polling booth, and don't let us make decisions our future children will curse us for. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by onyxo76(m): 8:49pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
I don't stay in lagos but I really feel those traffic jams anytime I have to do some biz there. The place is over populated and demand for transport outstrips supply.I guess there shld be serious investment in rail ans water transport. With this okada ban everyone has gone to buy a car even if its 6th hand just to move around. Roads have not expanded and cars have increased equals more traffic snarls. Nothing can make me stay in lagos even for 1million naira per month salary. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by onyxo76(m): 8:55pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
mollie12: People its not the okada ban that is causing the traffic - its the fuel scarcity.well I can agree to a certain extent but if there is fuel scacity then there shld be fewer cars on the road. I was in ibadan over the weekend and fuel was really scarce the roads were really devoid of traffic as most people were in filling stations trying to get fuel. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by onyekabe(m): 9:11pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
mollie12: People its not the okada ban that is causing the traffic - its the fuel scarcity.this how it corellate about 20% of okada riders and now bus driver. hence the additional no of vehicles on the road. Althoug we are still expecting more vehicle in few weeks to come |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by irohadis: 9:19pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
I could not believe the number of people who were in support of the ban before now. I reasoned then that these are people who have cars and drivers, the elite. But I also knew from the nature of the infrastructure in Lagos, that the hurt will be universal. Even Fashola will not find the way to clear the cars off the road so he can pass. I am flying in a bicycle for my Magodo to Ikeja commute. X is No okada Variables = a = more cars on the road b = more fuel demand c = more pollution ab is HELL ('true', 'false') Variables = a = No road expansion b = No new road construction c = Population expansion d = No Jobs e = abundant crime bc is government ('true', 'false') Variables = a = inefficient b = corrupt cd is Government agencies ('true', 'false') Variables = a = inefficient b = corrupt if (ab, bc, cd) is 'true' abort. X Else, pray to your god for the worst is yet to come. below was my opinion immediately after the ban: Fashola and his advisers, by pursuing this policy have really shown the height of their ineptitude. Forget the issue of being humane. Economics 101 should have taught them how crazy and idiotic this policy is. 3 Likes |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by aribisala0(m): 9:43pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
10000 ashawo + 10000 armed robbers in Lagos state = 20000 jobs .Question is do we want those kinds of jobs in Lagos.There are very simple questions no one asks.Before a person puts a motorbike on the road and starts carrying members of the public by way of "OKADA" what kind of training or licensing do they have? How sane or sober are these people. How do you trace them if things go wrong and finally is there no limit to how many okadas Lagos can carry? If you cut you hair or your nails or even sustain an injury the body starts to replace the lost cells/tissue immediately.The body also knows when to stop growing hair,nails etc otherwise there will be chaos. When that mechanism fails you speak of CANCER. Okada is becoming a cancer in Lagos and the violent reaction is only a confirmation that the decision to curtail their activities is the correct one! |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by forkinsonlolo(m): 10:01pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
i spent three good hours on third mainland bridge this evening |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by SailorXY: 10:13pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
2sexy: but seriously, you like to show off as if you are what....? (nairaland help me complete.)mehn i think say na only me dey observe the nonsense sef. The guy need some lessons in humility... Everyone here is not as "poor" as he believes |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by glb2012: 10:29pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
beamed:u r spot on bro!!...billionaire should see how pple suffer between volks and barracks, iyana ipaja and agege,ikorodu to know the hardship this restriction is causing...atleast let the govt FIX THE ROAdS!!! |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by glb2012: 10:31pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
beamed:u r spot on bro!!...billionaire should see how pple suffer between volks and barracks, iyana ipaja and agege,ikorodu to know the hardship this restriction is causing...atleast let the govt FIX THE ROAdS!!! |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Nobody: 10:52pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
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Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Nobody: 11:03pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
mollie12: People its not the okada ban that is causing the traffic - its the fuel scarcity.Nope, It's the ban. There is something call modal shift in traffic engineering. When one option becomes attractive over another, people switch transport modes. In these case, okada was attractive to commuters, now that most of them have been taken off the road, that means people are moving to the next attractive option which is personal cars hence more cars on the road. Even if the roads are made bigger, it would attract more cars again. It's actually gonna be worse when there is no fuel scarcity as that would make cars more attractive to commuters. Even the so called light rail would only stop at major bus stop and due to lack of integrated transport systems. people would still find their cars more attractive. But I am sure you know that the commissioner of transport trained as a bio-chemist! |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by baumolina(m): 11:08pm On Nov 08, 2012 |
mollie12: People its not the okada ban that is causing the traffic - its the fuel scarcity. Have you taken your drugs?Read what you wrote again..what's d correlation between fuel scarcity and traffic? |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by deaconfrost: 5:45am On Nov 09, 2012 |
saxywale: spot on bro. THIS IS THE BEST THREAD I HAVE EVER SEEN IN NL. 92% of the comments are on point (for and against) and constructive (@ least for now). 1 Like |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by onyekabe(m): 6:15am On Nov 09, 2012 |
irohadis: I could not believe the number of people who were in support of the ban before now. I reasoned then that these are people who have cars and drivers, the elite. But I also knew from the nature of the infrastructure in Lagos, that the hurt will be universal. Even Fashola will not find the way to clear the cars off the road so he can pass. I am flying in a bicycle for my Magodo to Ikeja commute.the best analysis concerning the ban of okada |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by komek(m): 8:26am On Nov 09, 2012 |
luvinhubby:I am not against the ban on Okada, but a reasonable administrator shud have done exactly what u just said. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Piyke: 2:02pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Its quite unfortunate. I doubt if Lagos would outgrow this problem until power is sorted out. The truth is no mega city in the world survives by road networks alone. Trains are a sine qua non. And in fact, in the real mega cities, part of the rail network is underground to relieve the volume overground. But all this requires a stable POWER supply. In addition, other states in Nigeria need to "develop" to relieve the "pressure" on Lagos. Its difficult to see a future of reasonable public services in Lagos if it continues to grow at the current burgeoning rate. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by jpphilips(m): 3:35pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
jobaskia: @jp pHILLIPS. If you want to be a billionaire , think like a billionaire! I think i like his beautiful utterances .We are all anonymous in here . you still have a lot to learn, Nairaland kid. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by Lamasta(m): 3:42pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
Kx: FYI. MY brother it is easy to ban the Okada people but it is not easy to ban agbero because they have God father. Lagos is just an overated state there is nothing excellent about the state. |
Re: Traffic Situation In Lagos Is Getting Worse Everyday by jpphilips(m): 3:56pm On Nov 09, 2012 |
beamed: please don't mind that non living thing called Billy the fool, it happened like that in PH but in less than 2months, Taxis appeared from no where and flooded the city, as if the miracle was incomplete, tri cycle came to the rescue, lately nobody misses okada anymore. just be patient those Okada people have money to rent cabs. The Rivers state Govt even went further to ask them to paint the cabs state colors before plying the roads, instituted some road taxes too, yet it didn't stop the proliferation. The truth is that tri-cycle will replace those Okada with time. |
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