Bus rank exit, mayhem about to happen
Monday, June 02, 2014
The rate at which time is wasted during the so-called rush hours in Gaborone is frightening to say the least. The exit and entry points at the only bus rank are the worst nightmares for anyone in Gaborone. It eats into your precious time, high risks of collisions, it increases stress and depression, it even affects the productivity level of the work-force trapped entering and exiting the bus rank
With just one entry and one exit point, traffic is often forced to move at a snail’s pace in and out of the bus rank, causing unnecessary delays. Unnecessary because for decades it does not need any genius to notice that the planning for the bus rank’s exit and entry points have now been outgrown by the amount of traffic flow in that busy area.
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