tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post2524371280900980154..comments2024-03-22T15:48:22.502+03:00Comments on The Mikocheni Report: A little rain, a little traffic, a little meeting in the 'hood.Elsie Eyakuze-http://www.blogger.com/profile/13101928879201073169noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-71889672044836584672010-05-07T14:37:07.663+03:002010-05-07T14:37:07.663+03:00When dealing with congestion, I'm an advocate ...When dealing with congestion, I'm an advocate of painting white lines on the road! When the AU was launched in Addis,the town was spruced up (and all the homeless rounded up and detained..) and white lines were painted on the roads. The impact on people's driving was phenomenal. Now it could be clearly seen who was being an A hole and who was not. And less judgementally, drivers knew Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-84945288449510407852010-05-07T09:38:08.279+03:002010-05-07T09:38:08.279+03:00Ha, hadn't thought about that. The heartless c...Ha, hadn't thought about that. The heartless capitalists hosted the bleeding-heart liberalist function, and the we're-all-equal socialists hosted the how-much-can-i-make-i-mean-invest-in-your-wonderful-country bottom-line capitalist! Nice one, life.<br /><br />The road closures turned out to be not-so-much. But I wonder about the effects of yesterday's downpour - I didn't venture Darlenenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-50345795758186808182010-05-07T00:01:16.368+03:002010-05-07T00:01:16.368+03:00We have enough architects and Engineers to put to ...We have enough architects and Engineers to put to work! <br /><br />Loved it E, especially "you'll be THAT president"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17756083129093389337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-46570956879102348142010-05-06T19:40:49.516+03:002010-05-06T19:40:49.516+03:00Gosh Faustine, shemeji umechemsha...where do you t...Gosh Faustine, shemeji umechemsha...where do you think people will make a living if you take out the mama ntiilies and the like. not everyone working or living in the city can afford to be shopping at the malls or even has the time to get to the shops in kariakoo. with all the construction going up, where will be people eat. you know those guys have to buy their own food, its not provided for by Aidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072394047880872423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-63499273909699007512010-05-05T09:37:55.886+03:002010-05-05T09:37:55.886+03:00Faustine, as Elsie suggests, the vendors and servi...Faustine, as Elsie suggests, the vendors and service providers in town are not only meeting their own various needs but also providing services for which there is a need. Did the last operation to 'clean' them off the streets make any significant positive difference to anything?<br /><br />The planning mess that is Dar es Salaam was not caused by street vendors - lets get that straight. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-49871552454517821562010-05-04T21:25:12.108+03:002010-05-04T21:25:12.108+03:00@ dr. bob: a subway? in dar? wow. how could you? t...@ dr. bob: a subway? in dar? wow. how could you? the potential for public transportation disaster is unlimited... <br />@faustine: the city has already moved most of the petty traders out. question is: how do you get rid of all the car-driving, middle class people working in city center at the banks, the corporate headquarters, the embassies and government offices? and of course, all the support Elsie Eyakuze-https://www.blogger.com/profile/13101928879201073169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-36422421012564157972010-05-04T21:01:13.382+03:002010-05-04T21:01:13.382+03:00Nice piece! I feel people's pain. Dar es Salaa...Nice piece! I feel people's pain. Dar es Salaam with its infrastructural challenges was not the ideal place to host a meeting of this magnitude. But I hope we will learn from this experience. Flyovers, bridges and subway are not the solution to the current woes. We got here due to poor urban planning practices. It is time we seriously think of strategies to disperse workers, mama ntilie, Faustinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253666093262801440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-7937732561336859972010-05-04T17:55:29.122+03:002010-05-04T17:55:29.122+03:00"The Outer Reaches of Beyond, like Kimara.&qu..."The Outer Reaches of Beyond, like Kimara."<br /><br />LOL! What about people in Kunduchi or Tegeta ;-)<br /><br />In all seriousness, I have been hearing all these horror stories and they bring back unpleasant memories of driving through "urban lakes" back in the day :-)<br /><br />The only solution I can see is if they built a subway. Just start with a station at Mwenge, rwebahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128005962472194043noreply@blogger.com