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Yellow buses to be replaced with blue buses- LASG
By Modupe Shodeinde
The Lagos State Government on Thursday, has revealed plans to replace the yellow buses with blue buses in the state.
According to the Commissioner of Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladehinde, this is in accordance with the transportation masterplan of the state.
The Commissioner in a virtual forum, titled ‘Transport and Traffic Conference’ said the yellow buses are not conducive for a mega city like Lagos.
He 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.”
Speaking on the Apapa gridlock, the Commissioner said the government has committed hectares of land in Iganmu and Ogun as transit truck parks to curb the problem.
Also, the Lagos State government in collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority invited a concessionaire and developed an Eto app that will be deployed February 27.
He added that to regulate parking on the road, the government had set up a parking authority and a parking strategy called the Lagos Parking Strategy.
