A White Elephant painted red?
Lagos State government in conjunction with the private sector 'appears' to have launched a bus service called LAGBUS.
Dedicated lanes have been marked out on certain major roads to support this service.
Communication to the public is that lanes marked BRT is designated only to be used by LAGBUS' buses.
Questions:
1. Where is the sensibility in reducing by one the already inadequate number of lanes that exists on Lagos roads?
2. How will compliance be enforced?
3. Who does LAGBUS intend to serve?
4. As a supposed well thought out initiative, why isn't there any communication encouraging Lagosians to leave their cars at home and join the bus? In the scheme of things, it would appear that this is a requirement for this service to be successful.
5. How and where does a commuter purchase tickets?
6. Security? Will this business be controlled by touts, agberos and the likes?
http://www.lagbusonline.com/
That LAGBUS will serve regular public commuters is a given, however to add value, the LAGBUS service must also convince/ encourage Lagosians who commute to work in their personal cars to leave their cars at home and hop on the bus.
Another white elephant, but this time painted red in Lagos?
Dedicated lanes have been marked out on certain major roads to support this service.
Communication to the public is that lanes marked BRT is designated only to be used by LAGBUS' buses.
Questions:
1. Where is the sensibility in reducing by one the already inadequate number of lanes that exists on Lagos roads?
2. How will compliance be enforced?
3. Who does LAGBUS intend to serve?
4. As a supposed well thought out initiative, why isn't there any communication encouraging Lagosians to leave their cars at home and join the bus? In the scheme of things, it would appear that this is a requirement for this service to be successful.
5. How and where does a commuter purchase tickets?
6. Security? Will this business be controlled by touts, agberos and the likes?
http://www.lagbusonline.com/
That LAGBUS will serve regular public commuters is a given, however to add value, the LAGBUS service must also convince/ encourage Lagosians who commute to work in their personal cars to leave their cars at home and hop on the bus.
Another white elephant, but this time painted red in Lagos?
1 comment:
Well written article.
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