Fellow nairalanders, do you see a subway in the future of lagos?

Symphony007: Fellow nairalanders, do you see a subway in the future of lagos?

What for?

One of the benefits of the BRT system is the physically segregated lanes.

The BRT system in Lagos is run on 3 models; (1) segregated lanes (2) priority lanes (3) regular bus service.

1) Segregated lanes: A concrete divider is erected on the road to section off one lane from the others. The sectioned off lane is reserved for BRT buses. This ensures that the BRT buses are not caught up in traffic jams.

Segregated lane




2) Priority lanes: A yellow line is drawn on the road to demarcate the BRT lane. At peak periods (rush hour, etc) this lane is reserved for BRT buses. At other times any vehicle can use this lane.


Priority lane


3) Regular bus service: There is no segregated or priority BRT lane.

Okija_juju:


YES!! Yoruba humans..

Again,showing ya foolishness in Public. Ya parents must be proud of u.

This development is to be commended by the lagos state government...hopefully within the next two years or so these state government buses will ply more routes tto make it more easier and accessible for residents living in obscure environs..

However, roads must be tarred and repaired for the aforementioned to take place... Slowly and surely lagos will get thia!!

naptu2: One of the benefits of the BRT system is the physically segregated lanes.

The BRT system in Lagos is run on 3 models; (1) segregated lanes (2) priority lanes (3) regular bus service.

1) Segregated lanes: A concrete divider is erected on the road to section off one lane from the others. The sectioned off lane is reserved for BRT buses. This ensures that the BRT buses are not caught up in traffic jams.

Segregated lane




2) Priority lanes: A yellow line is drawn on the road to demarcate the BRT lane. At peak periods (rush hour, etc) this lane is reserved for BRT buses. At other times any vehicle can use this lane.


Priority lane


3) Regular bus service: There is no segregated or priority BRT lane.

1) is the sign on the first pic turned the wrong way or is that just how it is

2) I Don't mean to derail the thread but the only reason both those pictures look third world is due to the the black and white striped pavement or whatever u want to call it.

naptu2: One of the benefits of the BRT system is the physically segregated lanes.

The BRT system in Lagos is run on 3 models; (1) segregated lanes (2) priority lanes (3) regular bus service.

1) Segregated lanes: A concrete divider is erected on the road to section off one lane from the others. The sectioned off lane is reserved for BRT buses. This ensures that the BRT buses are not caught up in traffic jams.

Segregated lane




2) Priority lanes: A yellow line is drawn on the road to demarcate the BRT lane. At peak periods (rush hour, etc) this lane is reserved for BRT buses. At other times any vehicle can use this lane.


Priority lane


3) Regular bus service: There is no segregated or priority BRT lane.

This is a job well done, there is a similar system over here in the UK, where public buses have its own lanes, any car or vehicle caught plying the bus lanes will be fined an high, exorbitant amount, these bus lanes also come with their very own traffic lights...

Do these bus lanes only apply to the island? Or theirs a similar system in place on the mainland as well??

huni_naija:

This is a job well done, there is a similar system over here in the UK, where public buses have its own lanes, any car or vehicle caught plying the bus lanes will be fined an high, exorbitant amount, these bus lanes also come with their very own traffic lights...

Do these bus lanes only apply to the island? Or theirs a similar system in place on the mainland as well??

Most of the priority and segregated bus lanes are on the mainland. The first pic I posted was a pic of the Anthony Village area near Ikeja (Ikorodu Road). The second pic was of Third Mainland Bridge and the pic below is of Obanikoro BRT bus stop on Ikorodu Road.

The first segregated lanes were on Ikorodu Road (the service ran from Ojota on the mainland to Marina on the island. It has now been extended to Ikorodu). There are other segregated lanes on Murtala Muhammed Road in Yaba, Agege Moto Road in Mushin, Nnamdi Azikiwe Road in Idumota, etc.


Obanikoro BRT bus stop on Ikorodu Road

naptu2:

Most of the priority and segregated bus lanes are on the mainland. The first pic I posted was a pic of the Anthony Village area near Ikeja (Ikorodu Road). The second pic was of Third Mainland Bridge and the pic below is of Obanikoro BRT bus stop on Ikorodu Road.

The first segregated lanes were on Ikorodu Road (the service ran from Ojota on the mainland to Marina on the island. It has now been extended to Ikorodu). There are other segregated lanes on Murtala Muhammed Road in Yaba, Agege Moto Road in Mushin, Nnamdi Azikiwe Road in Idumota, etc.


Obanikoro BRT bus stop on Ikorodu Road

Wow thank you, this is amazing and should be commended... Hopefully more milestones are put in place to make it even better than it is, theirs always room for improvement.. Kudos to fahsola

Okija_juju: [img]http://3.bp..com/-Auc6h5phpes/T3iQ5PT4l5I/AAAAAAAAAXU/51fMUuVpt8A/s640/Lagos.jpg[/img]

hahahahhaha

GeneralJ:


1) is the sign on the first pic turned the wrong way or is that just how it is

2) I Don't mean to derail the thread but the only reason both those pictures look third world is due to the the black and white striped pavement or whatever u want to call it.

1) Lol. The sign is upside down (it slipped from its mount and turned upside down). The sign indicates that the yellow and black buses (NURTW) are barred from using the expressway and the BRT lanes. In the past the yellow and black buses were fond of stopping on the expressway to pick passengers (a very dangerous practice that also causes traffic jams) so the government banned them from those lanes (they must use the service lanes).

2) The state government started painting culverts and sidewalks black and white (probably for improved visibility at night) a few years ago. Recently the feds (FERMA) have started painting culverts, sidewalks and road dividers (on its roads) green and white. They even painted over the state government's black and white paint.

jay bee:
What for?

i don't know, maybe for mass transit of people in africa's second most populated city and relive the roads of congestion.

Symphony007: i don't know, maybe for mass transit of people in africa's second most populated city and relive the roads of congestion.

That's a good possibility for the future. At the moment the government is building the Lagos Rail Transit system (LRT) and issuing licenses for the Lagos Ferry System in order to relieve the roads of congestion (this is in addition to the BRT scheme). Below is an overview of the LRT that I wrote earlier this year.




LRT


Lagos-Badagry Expressway before the rail project.
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Artist impression of Lagos-Badagry Expressway after the rail project is completed.
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10 lanes + BRT and LRT.

Marina before the rail project
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Artist impression of Marina after the rail project is completed.
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Rail, BRT, regular bus and ferry services.

The Lagos Rail Transit (LRT) system will be similar to the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the sense that the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) will build and maintain the tracks, while the concessionaire will procure and maintain the trains.

Already, the concessionaire on the blue line has procured carriages from Canada (they were subway trains, but have been converted to surface trains). Lagos State Government will build a dedicated independent power plant to provide electricity to the system.

The Blue Line.

The Lagos-Badagry Expressway is part of the abandoned Trans-African Highway project. However, it is prone to massive traffic jams. This has stunted development along that corridor since people don't want to live and work in that area because of the traffic problems.

Therefore, the Lagos State Government is expanding the road. It will be a 10 lane expressway with BRT and LRT routes. Julius Berger is expanding the road (so far they've expanded the road between Orile and Mile 2 and expanded the Mile 2 Bridge), while Chinese Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC) is laying the tracks. It's largely going to be an elevated rail system (CCECC has built part oof the bridge along the Orile axis and they are also building elevated stations from Orile too Mile 2).

Blue line stations will include:

1) Marina

2) Ebutte Ero

3) Iddo

4) National Theatre

5) Iganmu

6) Alaba

7) Mile 2

8 ) Festac

9) Alakija (Satellite Town)

10) Trade Fair Complex

11) Volkswagen

12) Lasu Gate

13) Okokomaiko.


Red Line stations include:

1) Marina

2) Ebutte Ero

3) Iddo

4) Ebutte Metta

5) Yaba

6) Jibowu

7) Mushin

8 ) Oshodi

9) Shogunle

10) Murtala Mohammed Airport (an arm of the line will branch off to the airport)

11) Ikeja

12) Agege

13) Iju

14) Agbado


Blue line station map
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Red line station map
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LRT overall map
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Lamata has proposed 7 lines. They are:

1) Blue line: Okokomaiko-Marina
2) Red Line: Agbado-MMIA-Marina
3) Green Line: Lekki Airport-Marina
4) Yellow Line: Otta-Iddo
5) Purple Line: Redeemed Camp-Ojo
6) Brown Line: Mile 12 - Marina
7) Orange Line: Redeemed Camp-Marina


Below is an overview of the project from Wikipedia.


Lagos Light Rail is a light rail system being developed in Lagos, Nigeria. The system is being sponsored by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) and is envisioned to consist eventually of seven lines.[1] The railway equipment including electric power, signalling, rolling stock, and fare collection equipment will be provided by the private sector under a Concession Contract. LAMATA is responsible for policy direction, regulation, and infrastructure for the network.[2] The concessionaire will generate its own dedicated electricity.[3]

History

The idea of developing rapid transit in Lagos dates from the 1980s with the Lagos Metroline network conceived by the Alhaji Lateef Jakande during the Nigerian Second Republic.[4] The initial Metroline project was scrapped in 1985 by Muhammadu Buhari at a loss of over $78 million to the Lagos tax payers.[5] The idea of developing a light rail network for Lagos was revived by Governor Bola Tinubu in the early 2000s with a formal announcement of its construction in December 2003.[6] This initial $135 million proposal was part of the greater Lagos Urban Transportation Project to be implemented by the newly formed Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA).[6] LAMATA initially concentrated on developing a Bus Rapid Transit system, running from Mile 12 to Lagos Island. In 2008, LAMATA began also to make progress with the rail project, focussing initially on the Blue Line and the Red Line.

In September 2011, LAMATA announced that it would be acquring its older H5 and H6 subway cars from the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), a public transit operator based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (as their transit operator is acquring its new articulated six-car fixed Toronto Rocket subway cars to replace the older cars) for its fleet of subway cars that would operate on the Blue and Red lines. [7]

Okokomaiko-Marina Blue Line

In April 2008, the Lagos State Government approved ₦ 70 billion for construction of the Okokomaiko-Iddo-Marina Line, with an estimated completion date of 2011.[2] Advisory services are being provided by CPCS Transcom Limited, an Infrastructure Development consulting firm based in Ottawa, Canada. Construction actually commenced in January 2010, and completion is now expected in 2015. The Blue Line is now being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The Blue Line will run 27.5 km from Marina to Okokomaiko, with 13 stations. End-to-end journey time will be approximately 35 minutes. It is being built as a high capacity, electrically powered rail mass transit system. Most of the route will be on the surface, running east-west, in the central reservation of the rebuilt Badagry Expressway between Igbo-Elerin Road (Okokomaiko) and Iganmu. The line will run on elevated structure from Iganmu along the south side of the expressway passing the junction with Eric Moore Road, crossing just south of the National Theatre to Iddo, then south to Lagos Island with a terminal at Marina. Construction is underway between National Theatre and Mile 2.,A Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) will be constructed at Okokomaiko, with a track connection from the Blue Line to the depot. The entire Blue Line will operate over a secure and exclusive right-of-way, with no level crossings and no uncontrolled access by pedestrians or vehicles. Lagos State is financing construction of the Blue Line from its own resources. A concession contract is being awarded to finance, supply and operate the railway equipment, including electric power, signalling, trains, and fare collection.

Proposed Blue Line Stations

Marina (shared with Red Line)

Ebute Ero (shared with Red Line)

Iddo (shared with Red Line)

National Theatre

Iganmu

Alaba

Mile 2

Festac

Alakija

Trade Fair

Volkswagen

LASU

Okokonaiko

Agbado-Marina Red Line

The second line, the Red Line, will run from Marina to Agbado. The line will share the existing 30 metre wide Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) right-of-way.[1]

Proposed Red Line stations

Marina (shared with Blue Line)

Ebute Ero (shared with Blue Line)

Iddo (shared with Blue Line)

Ebute Metta

Yaba

Jibouw

Mushin

Oshodi

Shogunie

Ikeja

Agege

Iju

Agbado

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagos_Light_Rail

Construction
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Trains
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More info on these threads
https://www.nairaland.com/898591/fashola-woos-foreign-investment-partners

https://www.nairaland.com/934481/update-10-lane-lagos-badagry-expressway-pictures

https://www.nairaland.com/770192/hundreds-light-rail-trains-left

https://www.nairaland.com/955955/orile-light-rail-station-complete

You can read about the history of transport (especially road transport) in Lagos on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/1062509/nigeria-good-bad-beautiful-ugly/26

Symphony007: Fellow nairalanders, do you see a subway in the future of lagos?

Not with the the flooding and lack of proper drainage infrastructure we see during the rainy season.



NEW YORK: This Is What Your Flooded Subway System Looked Like After Hurricane Sandy

http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-sandy-photos-of-new-york-subway-flooded-2012-10#ixzz2GMoXq7b0

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Desola: So Fash bobo is not waiting for the buses promised by the FG?

Fashola is rude!

There is a thread on the front page full of people complaining that they have NEVER seen the buses Jonathan promised, then 10 people come to this page and are mad that Fashola is providing buses on his own.

This is why you elect bad leaders. No common sense.

Michaeljones36:

There is a thread on the front page full of people complaining that they have NEVER seen the buses Jonathan promised, then 10 people come to this page and are mad that Fashola is providing buses on his own.

This is why you elect bad leaders. No common sense.

Ferry service https://www.nairaland.com/919777/lagos-state-orders-60-ferries

What's third world about striped pavements?

GeneralJ:


1) is the sign on the first pic turned the wrong way or is that just how it is

2) I Don't mean to derail the thread but the only reason both those pictures look third world is due to the the black and white striped pavement or whatever u want to call it.

Track construction commences on the Lagos Blue Line rail project.

https://www.nairaland.com/1154940/railtrack-construction-commencement-ceremony-lagos-bdgry

I dont see any problem with this, although it would have been good if the Lagos governor used a potion of Innoson buses (in a patriotic move), but he doesn't have to,I suppose. Others are using Innosen buses anyway, both in and outside of Nigeria.

I think that each state should be looking in on itself as a mini country on some issues. Transport is one of them along with security, education and healthcare.


I dont see why anyone would take issue with what Lagos is doing. The governor is meeting the needs of the electorate that voted him in.......he was handed his mandate by them and is solely responsible to them at the end of the day.

He alone has the burden of governing Lagos State just as other governors have their own burdens of governing their own states.


I wish the tribalism stuff would stop though.....it is getting so boring.