Dar es Salaam city, formerly Mzizima (Healthy town), is the business capital of The Republic of Tanzania. As a business capital, one would expect a confluence of the rich and mighty, the meek and poor, as well as the working class who oil and keep the cogwheels of production revolving. The city folk are a busy folk. The hustle and bustle of city life often ‘drives’ the city folk ‘up the wall’. The rich and the middle-class need wheels to shuttle them along. The result is crammed up motorways that extend several kilometres. In fact, it is the norm for the city folk to start the day early, just to create the jam early and likewise end the day early to join the queue. As seen in the above photo, at junctions often it is mayhem and anarchy.
Felix indeed this shows the hustle and bustle of the city. Is anyone taking the opposite direction (left)of the road? Could planning require some reconsideration since the majority motorists seem to be heading towards one direction? What effect would adding a lane or two in this road have for the economy?
ReplyDeleteGreat thinking Francis! So the problem is not having too many vehicles, but poor city planning! Someone probably is not seeing that option. But now that we have the problem at hand, what do we do? Do we use 'dala-dala'so as to de-congest the roads or do we restrict people from using private cars?
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