Anyway Muthurwa market traffic flow has been revised. It now works better but has the disadvantage of not bringing enough people to the market as most guys drop off at the entrance of the market.
Here is my take on how the CBD should be reorganised to make it auto free and pedestrian friendly. Previously KBS used to use the CBD as a transit point and was not the destination. The destination was always on the other side of the city.
The current matatu traffic model, as shown below, is organised to have the CBD as a final destination from the other destination points. This is enforced by licences issued to the matatu operators.
By stopping the Eastlands matatu's at Muthurwa, the city is literary turning the city centre into a pedestrian only zone... i.e. if city officials can stop giving special permits to favoured bus companies allowing them to enter the CBD or to ferry people from the bus stops to the other side of the CBD. What I propose to do, is that the out-of-the-city-bus/matatu-stop-programme be extended to include private cars and to build special bus stops and parking silos (marked up yellow in map below) to house the private cars. Private cars will only be allowed to use the roads marked in red to drive through the CBD. NO BUSES/MATATUS allowed in the CBD. The rest of the streets get converted to pedestrian only streets with shop suppliers with special permits allowed to use the streets at certain times say 0500-0600hrs in the morning and 1730-1930hrs in the evening. Taxis will have special designated parking spots and also have special permits allowing them to come into the CBD.
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