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Thika Road Expansion was a Mistake
jaggernaut
#141 Posted : Sunday, August 05, 2012 2:44:46 PM
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tinker
#142 Posted : Sunday, August 05, 2012 7:12:41 PM
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Lets give credit where its due. it was painful ordeal to use this road 4 years ago. Lets the residents & user enjoy it.
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mkeiyd
#143 Posted : Monday, August 06, 2012 11:40:35 AM
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chiaroscuro wrote:
jaggernaut wrote:
Thika road expansion was not a mistake. It now takes just 20min or less to get from Nairobi to Thika. Huge savings in time and fuel.


Utakufa haraka!! 40km in 20min means you were averaging 120km/h. In other words, there were places you were doing 180km/h and others 80km/h.

My experience is that it takes a matatu one hour from Tusker [Nairobi] to the Total (Jogoo) bus stop in Thika town.


@chiaroscuro. Is driving fast tantamount to dying early?
I have seen slow drivers trying commit suicide on our highways changing lanes like they are on a wheat farm.Better be fast than reckless.
Stop hating on fast drivers.

Just to quench my curiosity,what's your ideal highway speed?
Lolest!
#144 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 7:46:36 AM
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Morning traffic jam getting worse every week. By 2017 it will be as bad as it was.
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#145 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 8:10:26 AM
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Lolest! wrote:
Morning traffic jam getting worse every week. By 2017 it will be as bad as it was.


Thats why tolls and high parking fees will be introduced
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#146 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 8:29:10 AM
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Lolest! wrote:
Morning traffic jam getting worse every week. By 2017 it will be as bad as it was.
Was also on that jam this morning. The bottleneck is at Muthaiga where the service road from Kiambu and the one from Thika meet.these two service roads are four lanes and are forced to feed onto a two lane road. Design problem I believe.
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#147 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 10:27:45 AM
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Traffic jam starts from Allsops GSU the problem i believe is people have moved from other estates and moved to Areas adjacent the Highway evident as rent has also gone up.Solution is Railway line and expansion of other roads especially outering, Mombasa Road and Langata..So that people can stay where they are.
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nakujua
#148 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 10:48:15 AM
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Lolest! wrote:
Morning traffic jam getting worse every week. By 2017 it will be as bad as it was.

at the rate it is happening by the end of the year it will be just as bad as it was, as of now kimabu road has gone back to the traffic jam pre thika super highway
ChessMaster
#149 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 11:04:01 AM
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If it is this bad with the expansion,how much worse would it have been without it?
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#150 Posted : Monday, February 04, 2013 11:10:38 AM
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ChessMaster wrote:
If it is this bad with the expansion,how much worse would it have been without it?


There is a bigger picture here. The expansion eased traffic on Thika Road, suddenly making that side of town attractive for residence. Hordes of people moved across, easing congestion in other parts of Nairobi, lowering rents even (or ensuring they held as opposed to the steady march upwards previously - where I live there are 5 vacant apartments with no eager takers). This is what many pundits are unable to see. A few expansions like these on all major arteries into and from Nairobi and things will be swell, but it will take time, planning and money
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