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As demand approaches the capacity of a road (or of the intersections along the road), extreme traffic congestion sets in. When vehicles are fully stopped for periods of time, this is known as a traffic jam [3] [4] or (informally) a traffic snarl-up [5] [6] or a tailback. [7] Drivers can become frustrated and engage in road rage. Drivers and ...
The Trans-Sahara Highway or TAH 2, formally the Trans-Saharan Road Corridor (TSR), [1] and also known as the African Unity Road, [2] is a transnational infrastructure project to facilitate trade, transportation, and regional integration among six African countries: Algeria, Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Tunisia. [2]
Africa's first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced in Egypt on 14 February 2020. [1] [2] Many preventive measures have been implemented in different countries in Africa, including travel restrictions, flight cancellations, event cancellations, [3] school closures, and border closures. [4]
Children, elderly and people with health conditions advised to stay indoors
The eastern end of the highway terminates at Lagos, Nigeria.Some organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consider its western end to be Nouakchott, Mauritania, and others such as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa consider it to be Dakar, Senegal, giving rise to these alternative names for the road:
Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures, such as traffic calming, to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians , cyclists , motorists , passengers of vehicles, and passengers of on-road public transport , mainly buses and trams .
Delhi and NCR lose nearly 42 crore (420 million) man-hours every month while commuting between home and office through public transport, due to the traffic congestion. [3] Therefore, serious efforts, including a number of transport infrastructure projects, are under way to encourage usage of public transport in the city. [4]
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 ...