Control of Traffic Congestion in Agona Swedru Municipality

Abstract

For many authorities in Ghana’s metropolitan areas, public transport provision is increasingly becoming problematic as daily trips of city dwellers tend to cover numerous suburbs, thereby increasing travel cost in terms of time, money and comfort. Rather than reducing travel times, enhancing economic activities and productivity of commuters. In order to control the traffic congestion, improve upon the movement of both vehicular and pedestrian, the existing traffic management in the municipality is studied. This study identifies demerit of existing traffic management and suggest a way of reducing the cause and effects of traffic congestion. It was realized that 80% of respondents was in agreement that traffic congestion within the municipality are cause by: sellers on the street, absence of road shudders, increasing number of vehicles, careless driving and road closure during funerals / other functions. It is recommended that: road shudders should be factored in the road designs, sellers on the pavement should be stopped and parking facilities as well as by-passes should be constructed within the municipality

Keywords

• Congestion, Management, Capacity, Pavement, Shudders