As from Saturday, the 10th of February, it will be an offence to drive on the BRT lanes, with a fine of about N 50,000 naira already approved by the State Govt. LASTMA has promised to be on the lookout with Cameras and power bikes to nab offenders including military men, bullion vans, commercial bus drivers as well as stubborn private "my car" owners. Buses plying the route will be provided by LASTMA in collaboration with some private bodies and you can buy bus tickets up to a month. Buses will leave the terminal every 5 minutes so that you don't need to wait till the bus gets filled up.

Originally we thought the rule would apply during rush hours but from the news reaching us, the buses will be on duty from 6:00am till 12:00 midnight with "HEAVY" security. In effect, the BRT is out of bounds to other drivers. Please take note.

This is to encourage lagosians to leave their cars at home and as a result reduce the volume of traffic on lagos roads. This development is welcome and i think it's another step forward.

What do you think? Will it work? How long will it last?



Fellow Lagosians,
Please avoid the BRT (Yellow and leftmost) Lanes at all cost - always keep right, 50,000 is not beans! moreover, time is precious don't spend valuable time in the traffic and more time in their office. English go finish for vocab that very day!

If that works, very soon lagos will be like america.

I pray it shld work,

According to the news, the rule comes at certain times 6am-10am then 5pm-11pm 

is this only in some areas of lagos or all over?

I think they should provide the buses before they start this new system

According to one Koro2007 "it wont work because the roads are not big enough".

The Brt lane is a ridiculous plan. The are making 6 lane highways into 4 lane highways and expect traffic to get better!!! Give me a break!!!

LePhilippe:

The Brt lane is a ridiculous plan. The are making 6 lane highways into 4 lane highways and expect traffic to get better!!! Give me a break!!!

The big picture. Look at the big picture. Lateral thinking stiffles innovation.

What big picture why do they always rush issues concerning Nigeria

LePhilippe:

The Brt lane is a ridiculous plan. The are making 6 lane highways into 4 lane highways and expect traffic to get better!!! Give me a break!!!

But those two lanes aren't unoccupied are they? , they are being used by vehicles that can commute more passengers take up less space if you do the maths and will create less pollution thus increasing your lifespan if you live in Lagos

Yes i think its a good idea. If all the buses get of the main road it would ease traffic, they are just oo many busses scattered on all the other lanes. If the busses are moving freely on 2 lanes. Then it would ease traffic. on the other lanes.

They should take it step by step to reduce pollution!!

First and only step ----- BANNED MOLUES, KABUKABU, OKADAs etc,

I don't think they should should ban Molues; they should just ban those that do not pass strict mot tests

This is to encourage lagosians to leave their cars at home and as a result reduce the volume of traffic on Lagos roads. This development is welcome and i think it's another step forward

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If this is the aim of the scheme, they have to include "safe" molues until they can provide enough buses for Lagos commuters.

How far with the new scheme anyway?

In what year do you think a molue would be classified as safe, hence their name MOLUE!!

Can normal molues occupy those lanes? If so, then it's interesting. If not, then it's a rape of gullible Lagosians.

I can see that most of you all don't work or have your offices on the Island.Get to Iyana Oworo through Berger bustop,before you ascend the 3rd mainland bridge (for those that knows where i am talking about) at around 5.30am every morning Monday - Friday and feel the heat of traffic.

Infact,thet will arrest culprits and even get tired probably until there will be a riot in the state.

Its a kind of good idea and innovation but looking at the situation of our roads,it likes not achievable in Lagos but in a city like Abuja that have well planned roads network.

I rest my case for now.

If the aim is to encourage people to take the bus, then the lane should be open to any large commercial buses.

The aim is also to prevent moloues from the roads!!!

Thats a monsterous aim

This shows how myopic some people can be - even in London - there are bus lanes - it doesnt have to be wide and mighty roads before the road will have a bus lane - this is to make sure public transport commuters are not disturbed and to allow for free movement of traffic, this is working because people obey the rules and if you dont, then the consequences are there - but what do we get here, people are already saying it wont work, because they are determined not to make it work - what is the big deal in staying off lanes that are specified to be driven on only by specific types of vehicles, if each one of us obeys it, it will work just as much as it works everywhere else.

All I am saying is that the "bus" lanes should be for all buses in Lagos state, not just the Governor's friends.

By default,Nigerians has a mind set to do things wrongly.So it might take time to work.

Seun, one of the passengers, thanked the Lagos government for the novel idea and prayed that there would be continuity and maintenance from whoever takes over from the present administration.
http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article06/180207

Na wa, even admin don go lagos go try am _{>i know<}

Seun, one of the passengers, thanked the Lagos government for the novel idea

Out of ignorance, of course.

The government has no business giving its friends a monopoly in the competitive urban transportation business.

well at the moment is it not clear if the lanes are for these newly introduced buses alone or any commercial bus

I tell you,its only for the BRT buses.

oh well there goes your ashiwaju and his lagos gangsters croonies

any nairalander with a pic of the bus inside and outside

Check it out on google

www.lagbusonline.com for the full info on the bRt system in Lagos. What a splendid idea!!!

http://www.lamata-ng.com/home.asp

This site is better

I beg to differ, the Lamata site has no info about Lagbus, Its also poor!!

Are sure you went to that site

On the Lamata site all i see is pictures of buses from other countries please what page are you on??

Same page bro.Can you see anything on special development project??