Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos is currently ranked as the city with the worst traffic in the world according to a data.
The statistics are based on the result of different analyses, ranging on the predominant mode of transportation, and the economic status of the city.
The top ten cities in the list include; Lagos, Los Angeles, Colombo, Dhaka, Delhi, San Francisco, Kolkata, Washington DC, Mexico City and Mumbai completing the list.
See below for full list:
1. Lagos (Nigeria)
2. Los Angeles (USA)
3. Colombo (Sri Lanka)
4. Dhaka (Bangladesh)
5. Delhi (India)
6. San Francisco (USA)
7. Kolkata (India)
8. Washington DC (USA)
9. Mexico City (Mexico)
10. Mumbai (India)
According to data gotten from Nunbeo 2024, the global traffic index report placed Lagos first with a 342.5 index, and closest to it Los Angeles with 320.9 Colombo with 290.1 Colombo with 288.5 on the index report.
https://www.numbeo.com/traffic/rankings.jsp
Recently, the governor of the state commissioned a new redline to ease traffic and create a more effective transportation system, President Bola Tinubu commissioned the Red Line rail back in February of this year.
According to the Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, when fully operational, the Lagos Red Line Mass Transit rail system will convey about 500,000 passengers daily.
“The LRMT Red Line rail system, the first phase of which we project will move more than 500,000 passengers daily, stretches over a distance of 27 kilometres from Agbado to Oyingbo, with eight stations at Agbado, Iju, Agege, Ikeja, Oshodi, Mushin, Yaba, and terminates at Oyingbo,” the Governor said.
Former Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Transport, Taiwo Salaam, said “The city had an average of 224 vehicles per km in 2006 as against the national average of 11 vehicles per km. The Nigeria national average in 2009 was estimated at 30 vehicles per km, Lagos had moved to 300.
“In addition, the city has over 1.4 million registered vehicles, and approximately 2.5 million vehicles are on the road daily, weekend inclusive.”(Guardian)
