Thousands of people create human traffic jams early every morning on the path out of the Kibera slum into the city center and industrial districts of Nairobi. Pedestrian traffic is an important component of individual transportation within the city, however, pedestrian pathways are frequently unkempt, and are generally not figured into the planning of the transportation infrastructure in the city.
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- Louise Smith
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- 27 Sep 2009
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- 13 May 2009 10:42 pm
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It is not uncommon for Nairobians to walk between 1 and 3 hours each way to and from work â what could be the effects of such time allotment?
How could the infrastructure of the city be adjusted to incorporate the hundreds of pedestrians from the Kibera slum to the industrial area of Nairobi, that every morning make a human traffic jam on the streets?
Besides the starting and end points, what factors go into deciding the path to take?