Authors :
IBEKILO; BRUNO; EKESIOBI CHUKWUNONSO; MUHAMMED; PRECIOUS EMMANUEL
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 12 - December
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Abstract :
Traffic gridlock has remained aftermath of
urban growth and expansion across the globe. Gridlock
arises from the urge to migrate to diverse destinations
simultaneously given the place of roads as a link between
homes, work and leisure places. This paper was thus
motivated by the zeal to evaluate and find the nature,
magnitude and sizes of the costs associated with gridlock
and proffer solutions. To this end, the study chooses the
entire metropolis of Onitsha which has now sprawled
into sub-urban areas like Nkwelleezunaka, Nsugbe,
Ogidi and Ogbunike, etc. and is geopolitically housing
six local government areas-Onitsha North and South,
Ogbaru, Idemmili North and South and Oyi. The System
theory was adopted as the theoretical framework of the
study. Being qualitative, it adopted the questionnaire as
an instrument of data collection while using Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 22 for
analysis. Using the stratified random sampling
technique 120 respondents were selected for the study.
Their analyses indicate that 88% of the road users in the
study area have experienced gridlock with 81% agreeing
that it occurs frequently and 85% agreeing that it lasts
for more than four hours which is about half of the daily
work hours in the economy. On the other hand, it was
also found that gridlocks positively affect the revenue of
83% of traffic hawkers in the metropolis. The study thus
recommends that concerted efforts must be made at
employing the water bodies within and around Onitsha
to serve as an alternative
Keywords :
Gridlock, Onitsha metropolis, Urbanization, Road transportation, Traffic.
Traffic gridlock has remained aftermath of
urban growth and expansion across the globe. Gridlock
arises from the urge to migrate to diverse destinations
simultaneously given the place of roads as a link between
homes, work and leisure places. This paper was thus
motivated by the zeal to evaluate and find the nature,
magnitude and sizes of the costs associated with gridlock
and proffer solutions. To this end, the study chooses the
entire metropolis of Onitsha which has now sprawled
into sub-urban areas like Nkwelleezunaka, Nsugbe,
Ogidi and Ogbunike, etc. and is geopolitically housing
six local government areas-Onitsha North and South,
Ogbaru, Idemmili North and South and Oyi. The System
theory was adopted as the theoretical framework of the
study. Being qualitative, it adopted the questionnaire as
an instrument of data collection while using Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 22 for
analysis. Using the stratified random sampling
technique 120 respondents were selected for the study.
Their analyses indicate that 88% of the road users in the
study area have experienced gridlock with 81% agreeing
that it occurs frequently and 85% agreeing that it lasts
for more than four hours which is about half of the daily
work hours in the economy. On the other hand, it was
also found that gridlocks positively affect the revenue of
83% of traffic hawkers in the metropolis. The study thus
recommends that concerted efforts must be made at
employing the water bodies within and around Onitsha
to serve as an alternative
Keywords :
Gridlock, Onitsha metropolis, Urbanization, Road transportation, Traffic.
