TRANSPORT INTELLIGENCE * Nigeria - ‘Lagos needs 6,000 buses to move commuters daily’
Lagos,Nigeria -The Punch, by Rasheed Bisiriyu -14 Apr 2009: -- At least 6,000 mass transit buses are required to move about seven million motorists and commuters that ply Lagos roads daily, the Managing Director, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has said... This disclosure on Monday is coming on the heels of approval given by the state government to four firms to commence the operation of its dedicated bus scheme... Mebereola, who spoke at an interactive session with the News Agency of Nigeria said that the commuters figure was expected to rise to 12 million by 2015... He also said that the state government had designed a multi-modal transport scheme, which included rail, water and land transportation to cater for the upsurge... (Photo from punch.com:by Sam Adeko - Commuters stranded at Wuse Bus)Labels: transport intelligence
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