This reminds me of something I said back in Uni during lunch time with two of my friends (yes, it important for you to know the setting 8~)). Once one hears there is traffic on Uhuru Highway what else would you like to know? I believe Uhuru highway is the bottle neck of Nairobi.
Take a case: South C:
Vehicles in Mombasa Rd can't join Uhuru highway fast enough so a long jam till Zain results. Motorists detour through South C and thus there is jam between South C and West where all Mombasa Rd and South C ppl are trying to escape. They finally meet Langata Rd and guess where Langata Rd. goes ...
By the way it is faster to walk from South C to CBD than to take a vehicle. Walking will take about 40 minutes max while driving will take about 1 hour, unless one leaves at about 6.30am.
o_O?
--- On Tue, 4/7/09, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] traffic congestion: solutions to hepa traffic
To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 12:04 PM
i'm thinking more in the lines of doing a traffic density google maps mashup. Problem is that the best source of such data would be telcos - assuming that majority of guys stuck in jam have phones.
But honestly I would pay to get a near realtime map of where traffic is in nairobi on my phone so that i can choose the best route to go.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki@gmail.com> wrote:
I was involved in scoping for such a project, problem is budjet. You need a 1mbps link between cameras, and service providers charge 40,000 KES monthly per 1mb link, local loop. They have an advertising deal with the Radio Stations, hence they are not charged. Further to this, the CCN was not of too much use getting approval from, along with suspicious building managers. That's where I left the situation at, as of Nov 2008, don't know if progress has been made though....
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With Regards,
Phares Kariuki
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