The Impact Of Traffic Congestion

The Impact Of Traffic Congestion

Chapter One

Preface

Background to the Study

It’s material to punctuate the applicability of creek road in Apapa. Any business interference on it’ll surely induce a lot of interruptions in the logistics business that’s the core exertion on this road.

Creek road is the major road that leads from the premier Apapa harborage( levee) all the way to link one of the country’s transnational airfields( Murtala Muhammad field, Ikeja); which is several kilometres down from each other

This road is one of the roads that yields amount quantum of profit to the fiscal cover of the civil government of Nigeria. In terms of interconnectivity, it links Tin Can Island Port, Conmaldi and some other vessel anchorages and oil painting ranch depots are located along the route. The perpetual and ceaseless business traffic caused by heavy duty shipments on it’s on it has really affected conditioning as reversal in doing businesses on this corridor stretched further than necessary.

Several sweats in the history and recent times have been made in chancing lasting result to this business imminence, but yielded no desirable results. utmost of the government sweats at resolving this issue have always been sort of Fire Brigade Approach. There’s critical need for alternate routes and modes of trip in and out of the harborage.

Multi-modal transport system is needed. It’s relatively egregious that business traffic is the largest interference to the success of transportation/ logistics business most especially in this part of the world. Its impact can noway be under- estimated as every country is contriving methodologies and ways in combating this business imminence.

Road business in and out of ocean harborage complexes come more crowded and less safe everyday in Lagos, Nigeria. In the history, road transportation wasn’t a veritably big problem due to the small number of vehicles that were on our roads. During the last times, since the number of vehicles( motorcars and Road vehicles) increased, a lot of business problems have passed. Apapa, a megacity in Lagos State would be the position and subject of this study due to extremely high harborage- related conditioning in the area.

This increase in vehicular conditioning has led to locks and detainments when entering or leaving Apapa, especially during the peak hours and this has called for the study of indispensable transport mode use and corners operation in the area to know how they’re faring in directing and controlling business, especially how those crossroad tend to reduce conflicts along the three major corners in Apapa- Liverpool Road, Point Road and Wharf Road. Where two or further roads meet is called an crossroad and this generally presents an occasion for conflicts among vehicles, because it’s an area designated for the vehicles to turn to different directions to reach their asked destinations. The main functions of corners is to guide vehicles moving in different directions to their separate paths, thereby perfecting safety, reducing conflicts, and adding the inflow of traffics. crossroad safety remains a challenge for crossroad contrivers.

Statement of the Problem

Several factors contribute to the business imminence into and out of Apapa harborage complex. These include the lack of holding kudos, which is an unskillful way of doing shipping business. numerous shipping companies in Apapa area operate their businesses without having particular stemming harborage/ holding kudos for import shipments. This has come necessary on the same road with the sweats to return empty holders back to the Apapa Port. Other factor include the import/ import profitability, which is to establish the cost difference between import and import shipments vis-a-vis its profitable impact especially profitability in utmost of the Inland vessel Depots. Against this background, this exploration trouble will include the causes similar as- lack of holding kudos for empty holders, unorganized premises by vessel exchanges before pacing to the harborage for lading and off- lading, effect of oil painting granges positioned along this corridor, the narrow nature of the road especially in the trucking of heavy duty shipments, lack of indispensable transport mode to road in this area which have soothed the current situation for better. On the other hand, the cumulated effect of this everlasting business traffic ismulti-dimensional to the profitable sustainability of logistic business on this corridor.

Underutilization of the road system, Lagos Lagoonal System and channel withover-dependence on road, theover-pressurization of road has brought about the aboriginal problems on the road itself and associated architectures. The road is characterized by accident, road mishaps, business traffic and thieveriesetc.

The poor business situation arises as a result of the colorful places of Apapa as artificial, marketable, educational, executive and transportation centre. Also, the geographic position of the megacity, the unruly behaviours of motorists and the unforeseen rise in auto power consequent upon bettered norms of living, use of campers and tankers have all combined to emulsion the problem.

This rapid-fire growth in the population of Lagos has wielded tremendous pressure on the being deteriorating transport structure in the study area, due to the fact that Oshodi/ Apapa Expressway is the main roadway in Nigeria’s marketable capital, Lagos, it’s a major link to numerous coves and outlets within and outside the megalopolis.

The road corners at Apapa were designed about four decades ago and at the time posed no problems. But the increase in vehicular conditioning-heavy duty vehicles and buses , beget great problems because capacity hadn’t been taken into consideration as at the time of designing those road corners, thereby causing great conflicts and detainments to drivers. The increased profitable exertion in Apapa has caused a tremendous increase in exchanges, buses and climbers which in turn creates innumerous rigors to road druggies who have to contend with the same capacity of roads erected long agone . This increase in vehicular conditioning increases the conflicts at these corners thereby causing detainments, accidents and loss of man- hours that would have been used efficiently.

utmost businesses in Nigeria depend on the Nigerian seaports for the force of their goods and accoutrements and further than 90 of that passes through Apapa thereby making Apapa a marketable mecca for businesses. There’s no gain saying the fact that logistics has a lot to do with time, but the problems caused by the capacity of corners to exit vehicles briskly in Apapa are just too important. On a veritably busy day, it could take a truck up to twelve hours to drive into Apapa from point Road crossroad and another twelve hours to take delivery and exit through point road crossroad or Liverpool.

Aim and objects of the Study

The end of this study is to critically dissect the conflicts that do within an crossroad from the conflict point of view and try to explain what happens and why at the three corners at Apapa. In the same tone, the study will concentrate on the safety of those corners, the situations of control and the capacity of those corners to control business. The end of this study is to critically estimate availability to Lagos harborage. The objects are to

· determine the business characteristics;

· business traffic; and

· determine the points of conflicts in Apapa carry out business counts and determine its inflow along these corners.

· propose indispensable modal choice at relieving the business madness in and out of Apapa.

compass of the Study

The compass of this study is to estimate the impact of business traffic impacts in Oshodi Apapa Express way, precisely at the axis of Toyota Junction/ Ladipo Auto dealer request/ field Road. The exploration study seeks to estimate the business traffic within this route, its attendant goods on road druggies’ enroute Airport Road from Oshodi, Mushin and Apapa and possible result to the problem. The compass of this study was limited to this part of Oshodi- Apapa thruway in Lagos Nigeria, this is as a result of the peculiar nature and state of the road and the kind of business generated on this road on diurnal bases. principally, the study delved issues arising from the objects of the study, that’s, the road condition, business conflict point, transportation and road crossroad as well as colorful land use conditioning and socio- profitable conditioning present along the corridor in terms of touching land uses that causes detention in business inflow similar as road trading, rambler movement, among others will be assessed, to insure these conditioning don’t obstruct the inflow of business along the corridor any more.

Significance of study

The food of a nation’s profitable growth hinges on unchecked free flowing, advanced and smart transportation systems.

The study would help in easing the business traffic performing from the neglect of other transport modes piecemeal from road. This study would be applicable to megacity contrivers and masterminds involved in the design of corners, in that it would increase knowledge as to what’s demanded or the introductory factors to be considered when designing corners. This study will also increase knowledge to scholars who are interested in conflict resolution in Port Areas. The study will also be salutary to motorists, especially drivers and climbers, to understand the causes of conflicts at crossroad because 95 of those accidents are due to motorist error and wrong comprehensions of other road druggies.

Most importantly, it would be salutary to business possessors and logistic companies which will enable them carry out their business effectively and efficiently.

This study is also significant in that all road druggies would be equipped with a better understanding of the workings of corners and this will go a long way in reducing conflicts and accidents.

Limitations of study

This study will concentrate on the causes of accidents and detainments related only to conflicts that be at the named corners and would not cover other causes of accidents in Apapa. The study won’t go beyond the descriptions of conflicts at corners in Apapa and the places it plays in the movement of business.

Study Area

Lagos state is positioned in the South Western Nigeria within latitude 602′ N to 604’N and longitude 2045 E to 4020 E. The state is bounded form the North and East by Ogun State, in the West by the Republic of Benin and the south by the Atlantic Ocean. The total land mass of the state stretches over 3,345 kilometers with an estimated population of about 15 million. Apapa is the major harborage of the megacity of Lagos, Nigeria and is located to the west of Lagos Island, across Lagos harbor. It also one of Nigeria 774 original government areas. The study Area covers the distance between levee Road and Warehouse Road, with geographical match 6 27 N 3 22 E/6.450 N3.367E. the original government is bounded from the North by marine sand to include mobile services and Ijora; while to the South by Atlantic Ocean, East by Lagos Lagoon, and West by Lagos Lagoon. The total mainland of the original government stretches over38.5 kilometer.