Usman Ahmed Ahmed

Implementation of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) in Lagos State

Nigeri

Contents

Background and Purpose

Current Status and Issues

Improvement Strategy

Specific Action Plan

Expected Results

Background Nigeria is considered, globally, to be an interesting paradox. Though supposed to be among the

richest countries given its better macroeconomic outlook due to expanded production of oil and

gas, it ranks among the poorest of the poor countries in the world. This is the extent that the

country ranks among those in which citizens have the lowest level of P.C. penetration in the

African continent.

Though the country ranks among the African countries with the highest number of ICT students

in tertiary institutions. In other words, the country produces ICT experts it does not need. This

symbolically explains why Nigerian experts are scattered all over the world today.

Using United Nations (UN) ratings of 2005, it says that Nigeria was number 139 out of 291

countries, in 2004; the country was and number 141. This means that we have only moved two

spaces up the ladder. In Africa, out of 43 countries, we are number 24.

Background and Purpose

Purpose To promote smarter transportation initiatives using Intelligent Transport System (ITS).

Current Status and Issues

Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) should provide Law/Regulation/ Master

Plan on Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).

The Bus system reform and Unified transit fare system have not been implemented..

Inadequate regulatory framework for power reform.

This attribute to Absent of centralized data for effective and efficient planning in Lagos State

transportation system.

Absent of centralized data makes planning policies difficult.

Operational, institutional, financial and infrastructure problems have been the major challenges faced in

the implementation of e-Government, infrastructure such as power supply and bandwidth has made

operational cost too high for some of the e-Gov’t activities.

Current Status and Issues

Improvement Strategy

Introduce policies and infrastructure that would encourage the use of electricity.

Move freight completely off the road to rail.

Develop ITS capabilities in Lagos State Transportation System.

Improvement Strategy

Pre – implementation

Steps

Leadership & awareness (Mission & Mandates, Political leadership, Social awareness; Policy

network).

Institution building (Core institution building, Partneship;committee and PPP).

Analyze environment (Natural factors; geography, Human factors; literacy, digital divide, Political

and administrative culture).

Benchmarking (Past cases and Foreign Countries).

Implementation (Design, Development & Deployment 3D)

Steps

Vision Statement (Vision Statement, Strategic goals).

Develop Roadmap (Hierarchical structure, Prioritization of Project).

Build Strategy (Reform: automation vs. re-engineering, empowerment top-down vs. bottom-up,

customer definition).

Mange Critical Factors (Human Resources, Financial Resources, Technological Resources, Laws and

Regulations, Stakeholder analysis etc.)

Action Plan

The steps to achieve the Action Plan’s goals

Post - implementation

Steps

Evaluation (Project Monitoring, Evaluation)

Operation (Operation & Maintenance, Information resources management).

Feedback (Public) relations for system utilization, Feedback).

Action Plan

The steps to achieve the Action Plan’s goals

Action Plan Time Table

Duration: (1 Year) First Year Work Plan: 2014

Quarterly, annual and mid-term review meetings to assess work plan implementation

Conduct of quarterly monitoring and evaluation of activities.

Second quarter of 2014

Third quarter of 2014.

Fourth quarter of 2014.

Expected Results

The resolution of traffic problems.

Improving transport infrastructure management and services for users

Expected Results

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