I saw Sonko's live video on his fb page. He says this is a pilot project at this stage matatus will still be allowed in the CBD. He had a good grasp of the issues the matatu reps were raising like the insecurity at Muthurwa after 7pm, the inadequate space at the proposed termini. He was really firm on the need for orderly public transport business. Very impressed in the way he handled those guys.

Overall the plan will fail because it was designed by bureaucrats who used public transport decades back. They should have started with moving the long distance matatus from Accra road to the Ngara/Desai termini. Convert Accra road into a drop off point like the one at Agip (Haile Selassie). Have KBS, city hoppa operate from Fig tree and Ngara such that you take your no. 7C, 46, 4W at those points instead of concentrating all of them at the Kencom bus stop. Lastly Sonko should push that Nigerian contractor RCC to get started on the Acrra road-Ngara road extension. That will push traffic away from the globe roundabout.

Sonko promised to lower parking fees for private cars which is an incentive for those of us who voluntarily opt for public transport to bring our jalopies back to CBD. Expect traffic nightmare from Wednesday

I have 0% confidence in Sonko to sort out Nairobi Problems

Exactly. Private cars are the problem. One private saloon car carrying one person occupies the same road space like a nissan matatu carrying 14 people. Therefore to ease traffic jams the best option is to go for an efficient way of moving people, and that is by encouraging matatus/buses in the CBD, not banning them. It is private cars that should be banned from the CBD.

The graphic below shows what it takes to transport the same number people by bus vs private cars.

Sonko on his fb page has asked for ideas to manage the traffic and getting orderly public transport. His team also reads through wazua so don't just wait to see how it pans out. Share your ideas.