The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to phase out yellow buses, which it says is in accordance with the transportation masterplan of the state.
Frederic Oladeinde, the Commissioner for Transportation, announced this on Thursday in a virtual forum titled ‘Transport and traffic conference’., adding that the yellow buses would be replaced with blue buses.
The Commissioner said, “We are reforming the bus sector and over time, Lagos will phase out the yellow buses because the yellow buses are not conducive for a mega city like Lagos. That is why we are coming with blue buses you see around.
“We are inviting the private sector to participate in the provision of public transport services. We are also deploying technology just to ensure that we can up our game in terms of efficiency.”
Responding to questions regarding the Apapa gridlock, Oladeinde said the government is committing hectares of land in Iganmu and Ogun as transit truck parks and also relying on the Eto app which would be deployed on February 27 committed in order to curb the traffic issues encountered by motorist.
He said, “Lagos State in collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority invited a concessionaire and that concessionaire developed an Eto app that will be deployed February 27.
“Lagos State has committed 31 hectares of land in Iganmu called the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Truck Park to complement what is at Lilypond and we are talking to the Ogun State Government to secure a land in Ogere.”
He also added that the state has come up with a parking strategy named the Lagos State Parking Strategy and a parking authority had been set up with the mandate to regulate parking on the roads.