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Jun 4 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
“The road, which is on a trial run, has seen over 31,000 vehicles use it every day, according to Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia.”

This isn’t the success metric they seem to think it is…
In fact, it’s a loading mobility nightmare.
Something we unpacked as far back as 2012, with #tech4traffic

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“…the role of transport is hinged on the cost effective MOBILITY of people and goods, not so the movement of vehicles.”
That the GoK officials tell us they saw an expressway in China and said “we want one of those”…

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For what’s the response to, “what are the alternatives?”

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