This link has been bookmarked by 1 people . It was first bookmarked on 04 May 2008, by Farrah Bakr.
-
04 May 08
-
chronic problems
-
almost 72 million and Egypt hosting two major events, the 38th International Book Fair and the 25th African Cup of Nations (ACN) championship
-
ongestion disaste
-
Ministry of Interior has announced that it has plans for traffic organisation to avoid major lockdown
-
Major- General Fawzi Hassan, assistant to the minister of interior and head of the Traffic Department of Greater Cairo
-
home to at least 18 million people. Around 3,500 newborns are added to this number each day.
-
largest city in Africa;
-
onkey-carts are still a prominent feature in many streets
-
Surprisingly to some, many cars do the same; they use the lanes of oncoming traffic when their own lanes are full.
-
chaotic
-
said Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, manager of an international bank in Egypt
-
Heliopolis to 6th of October City
-
Watching the traffic, one would expect an accident every five minutes
-
drive like madmen
-
crazy to drive on the bridge nowadays,
-
people drive wildly and yet there are thousands of traffic policemen out on the streets.
-
instead of paying for maintenance to keep the traffic lights workin
-
road fatalities in Egypt kill more than 7,000 people per year and wound nearly 35,000 others
-
The question now is: can the streets of the city cope with the ever-increasing number of vehicles?
-
Cairo is crumbling
-
under the twin pressures of traffic and population.
-
"Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on upgrading the safety and efficiency of the existing infrastructure in the short term, while mid- and long-term goals focus on increasing the width of roads,"
-
less than 10 kilometres per hour
-
dependence on public transportation is less than 65 per cent
-
"Expanding streets and adding more fly-overs and tunnels is not always the solution to traffic congestion,"
-
As of now, traffic in Cairo literally has to be seen to be believed.
-
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.