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Lagos State Traffic Management Authority is a Lagos State-owned agency under the Ministry of Transportation. [1] [2] The agency was established on the 15th of July, 2000 [3] to transform the state transportation system to ensure free flow of traffic in the state and also reduce road accidents. [4] The current head of the agency is Mr Olalekan ...
Lagos Traffic Radio is the first highway advisory radio station of its kind in the country; [6] a second, National Traffic Radio on 107.1 FM for Abuja, was started by the Federal Road Safety Corps in November 2019. [7] At the Marketing Edge Awards night, Lagos Traffic Radio, 96.1 FM, was named the Innovative Traffic Radio Station of the Year ...
Lagos, as one of the most populous cities in Africa, has a vast network of roads connecting it internally and to other parts of Nigeria. The road infrastructure consists of federal, state, and local roads, some of which form part of international routes under the Trans-African Highway network.
The bill setting up the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) was signed into law on 13 January 2002 by the then Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (1999 – 2007). The law empowered LAMATA with the responsibility of reforming the transport system in Lagos .
The joint second worst days for traffic jams over the 2024 festive period are expected to be Saturday December 21 and Monday December 23, each with 22.7 million drivers on the road.
Before 1979, there existed only a Transportation Unit in the planning division of the old Ministry of Works and Planning. Under the administration of Late Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the growth of traffic in the metropolis posed logistic challenges that could no longer be served by a sub-stratum of the Ministry and that led to the creation of the Ministry of Transportation in Lagos State.
The 387-km line will pass through Kazaure, Daura, Katsina and Jibiya, and a 93-km branch from Kano to Dutse will facilitate traffic from Jigawa State. The second Lagos-Kano line is intended to connect with the new Kano-Maradi artery, eventually creating an uninterrupted network across Nigeria. [1]
The Third Mainland Bridge has very high vehicular traffic on weekdays, as many residents commute to and from the Lagos Mainland to the Island, which is the commercial hub of Lagos State. Residents in Ikeja, Agboyi-Ketu, Ikorodu, Isheri, Oworonshoki, Gbagada, Yaba, Maryland and Oshodi often use the bridge on their daily commutes. The Third ...