esere826:

Tnx for that.
I left it out because i dont see much waste bins (if any at all)in lagos
if the government is able to provide such
then, yes, we should desist from throwing garbage on the floor

naptu2: B-EAU-TIF-UL!

Ishilove:
You sound so much like naptu2

Ishilove:
Don't tell me I write big English??
Izza lie!!



Can you walk in my shoes to get the sword??

esere826:

Samuru?
Is that a new kind of akamu?

Ishilove:
Incoginiwegi?? Choi, akukwo girama!

The sword...the sword...I live in interesting times, that's how come I have it

And yes,I am curious. I was waiting for you to further expantiate.

Expantiate...yeks, me sef can blow girama

Ishilove:
Lwmkmd!! You have a way with words, you know that?

Ishilove:
Wasimi Chronicles. Yes I did.

Ishilove:
What?

Ishilove:
It is on my profile

mapet: For me this report was skewed...... It's negatively painting the LAGBUS Scheme. The positives far outweigh the challenges listed. Some of the stats listed there are false and questionable. It's is not true that only about 150 buses operate daily......

Bontee: This article is an eye opener and there was really lack of funding for the project with all the banks rejecting to fund the scheme except ecobank.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/03/politics-of-lagbusbrt-management/

mapet: My brother, you have just "so oju abe nko" (hit the critical issue). I boarded the Blue BRT bus to work this morning and was apalled at the lack of care the management company pays to simple things. We don't expect Fashola to come from Alausa to help wash the bus, it was very dirty for starters. This is typical of workers where we're non-challant to some important things.

I think attending to low-lights like these are starters for the NURTW management. A simple N500 per bus per day at car-wash will not erode their profit.

Bontee:

Then it means they have used the wrong strategy of contracting the service by amount of passengers carried instead of the distance covered or scheduling over a certain time-frame at a fixed agreed amount. With this system then just kiss quality service goodbye as they the operators are at a liberty to maximize profit and no incentive to improve or develop the system.

Do you know how many years the contract is contracted and development targets set for the operators?.

temitope23: Even the picture of the brt bus you there is still okay compare to the company where i worked. The company's mode of operation is just like molue we were told to stop at each bus-stop to load with a ticketer in the bus. It is a serious offence if you don't load the bus to its maximum capacity.

You don't say!!! I hope people are reading this o!
This is exactly the kind of unwholesome management practice I suspected was being practised. So why will the driver or other staff refuse when people demand to board the buses despite being overcrowded already?

Bontee:

It is actually meant for anyone who wants to use it, i can decide to travel to Ghana by bus or airplane as the final choice lies with me in relation to my present circumstance. I agree with you that it was not meant to cater for everyone and should be in conjunction with the other operators or modes of transport. This is not a Lagos state versus them issue and we are discussing this thing here because we all desire for our transport system to be efficient.

The issue here is about proper management of the blue line, i have never used the ones colored red but their buses are far better and they are managed well with room for improvement. Please visit the Lagbus website and see for yourself. Anywhere in the world where routes or bus service are contracted to private individuals then you will have a low quality service and mismanaged system. The lagbus uses bus companies to operate the areas assigned to them and you can see the difference. Proper scheduling, route planning, bus numbering system, proper fare model, service contract usage, bus timetables and various delivery options.

The blueline is not working like the lagbus service and this same idea can be extended to the commercial operators without turning them to the brt system. During rush hours two to four buses can always drop and load at the same time instead of one bus at a time. In this case you have four points of entry and they all leave, then you have another set of two or three leaving at spaced intervals. Ticket sale and inspection can actually cause delay but there are strategies to overcome that like using electronic cards ( Lagbus does this ).

You can move one bus every ten minutes or move three buses every twelve minutes but at the end of one hour, the number of passengers moved by this two options are different. The blueline needs proper planing, improvement and adequate management to meet up to present challenges. Our problem has always been implementation and management since we do not lack ideas or introducing laudable initiatives.

I love solution-talkers like you, Bontee. We will make a difference.

No i have not considered that but thanks for the suggestion and i will see to it.

Ishilove: @op. I love the way you write

It was because of overcrowding that I stopped boarding molues, especially 'standing'. It ain't funny having your boobs squashed against the back of a stranger all in the name of 'standing'. Now the same trend has found its way to BRT.

temitope23:
The management should B??
Blame cos i still remember when i work with one of the brt company we were told to fill up the spaces so that we will be paid on time.

Bontee:

This is all i can find for now but i think you will surely find something from them so just save them and study it later.

lagos brt system in worldbank
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23025996~menuPK:141311~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

reducing congestion strategy
http://luts.epfl.ch/

Simple introduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_transport_bus_service
http://www.reinventingtransport.org/2008/10/bus-systems-that-work.html

brt brazil model
http://www.urbanhabitat.org/node/344
http://www.pps.org/great_public_spaces/one?public_place_id=613

example of what lamata should be
http://www.hsl.fi/EN/Pages/default.aspx

How to set up and run brt
http://www.itdp.org/microsites/bus-rapid-transit-planning-guide/
http://www.nbrti.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_transit

city examples
http://www.corvallisoregon.gov/index.aspx?page=167
http://bmetro.cob.us/routes Cclick on each route for more info )

service provider
http://www.goalsystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164&Itemid=221&lang=en

comparing different models
http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/1998/wp_039.aspx

RiKKies001: It's the Blue-bus that are in sorry states. I understand the NURTW (Union guys)operates those. The LAGBUS (Red bus) are still very muck okay.

pompori king: All dese long story for brt busOga go buy car jhor

Bontee:
@nu_well I will check for that later, UN or Worldbank has a comprehensive model but i will research later.

naptu2:

I've been alternating between politics section and the real world. How are you?

naptu2: Our author will update the thread this afternoon (in a few hours time). Please stay tuned to this thread.

Bontee: The system has not been really managed well in my opinion, it is not different from the normal non BRT service if the operators are rendering their service based on per bus system.

The truth of the matter is that the implementation should have been from the angle of licensing routes, areas through tenure, time or days slots to existing bus or transport operators. That is how a transportation system works, you license it to companies, give them a service contract to follow with penalties and set targets for development or milestones to meet as the years passes by.

We have countless transport companies in Nigeria like ABC, Chisco, Young shall grow and all that. You license to them for three to five years and they bid for it again with other operators at the end of the contracted tenure. Through this system they will sit up or loose those contract to other operators in the system.

You can do the same for the none BRT system and trust me things will not be as choatic as we have it today. Then empower ( is it LAWMA OR LAMATA ) to do the route, scheduling and price planning. They should be the one to negotiate and award contracts to service operators.

Monitor them to follow the agreed contractual terms and to curb corruption the staffs of these service companies are fully contracted to the state or partially

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I don't know what monitoring systems have been put in place for the BRT in Lagos. This alone could serve to correct some ills. As it is, it seems the operators are just left to their devices.

To me the lagos state government is just throwing her legs into stuff that is meant for private management.

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