Rules. No handcarts apparently. Useless rule, will never be enforced.

5 minute waiting time for psvs at stages. Another useless rule, impossible to enforce.

Stupid solutions so far.

Measures or recommendations?

What about cows, donkeys etc?

They should ban all private vehicles in CBD, relocate government offices and services to Kajiado, konza and Turkana

Decongesting Nairobi Traffic will only be possible the moment the authorities will develop infrastructure for 'Sharing the Road'. I presented a memorandum on this this to the Committee that was collecting public views on Decongesting Traffic in Nairobi. I do not know what happened of the result or report!

Our mistake is being too comfortable in the cars. We build roads for cars, instead of for people! We should facilitate safe people's movement and passages from point A to B, not cars et al. That said, Nairobi needs a Task Force for planning, developing and maintaining 'Non-Motorised Transport' infrastructure, including cycle and walking paths as a quick win in the short term. In the long term however, we need to develop 'Urban trains, Metros and Trams' for mass transport. Addis Ababa have engaged two Chinese companies to do this. I believe it is achievable.

Second solution is to move towards self governance as opposed to enforcement, or command and control (in all public sectors, including security). People obey rules when they see a cop, which makes things worse as our enforcement arm is very weak compared to the growing population.

Third, is to change the traffic laws to reflect reality on the ground, revise curricula for driving schools, and tighten test requirements.

Fourth, come up with a bio-driving license (National ID too, with chip for data), that can accumulate data on traffic behaviors of drivers. Repeat offenders should have their licences cancelled or suspended.

So we should'nt improve our traffic management just because our neighbors are worse off?

So we should improve it so that we do not escalate to their levels and be like them or lest we be like them. are you now happy?

We just need a change in a change in attitude and mentality by way of heavy punitive measures to any traffic offenders including pedestrians

... and the upcomingpaperchaser should be allowed to zoom into the cbd in his pajero io.
Lakini mimi iko support your recommendation, but in a more broader way - ban all cars (apart from the president's, deputy president, leader of opposition and may be the governor) from the cbd - then turn all those parking areas into markets and allow hawkers to come in and trade their wares (and charge each hawker 200 bob per day).

Have you not seen pedestrians cross the road when its clearly green for cars and red for pedestrians thus forcing motorists to slow down and cause jam at the intersection/roundabout?

@Swenani...Always wondered why... When it is green for Cars to go is when a multitude of people prepare to cross and when it is red for people to cross, they are busy staring at the vehicles... This causes a whole confusion and vehicle pile... Now some basic education is required on these...What education does the traffic police department provide to people?