NIGERIA’S commercial capital city, Lagos has ranked worst among African cities facing challenges of road traffic congestion.
According to a report by Business Insider on Friday, August 26, 2022, Lagos recorded a traffic index of 348.69 among seven surveyed cities in the African continent.
“The traffic index is the percentage of additional time a road trip takes due to congestion,” the report explained.
Besides Lagos, other African cities enumerated in the report are Nairobi and Cairo – Kenya and Egypt's capital cities – coming second and third with 256.39 and 244.23 respectively.
The other four are South African cities – Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban having 230.51, 211.92, 201.29 and 121.29 respectively.
The report stated the reasons for traffic congestion in these cities: "Poor road networks, poor driving, and inadequate road management systems are some causes of traffic congestion across African cities.”