Poor Public Transport Infrastructure in Lagos Nigeria, How Sustainable Improvement could enhance well-being of the people and provide environmental benefits.

Abstract

The urbanization of cities has been a more deliberated issue for decades, with visible implementation stipulated by countries towards sustainable implementation of policy and infrastructures that suits the environment at present and for future developments. The effect of these implementations has also seen more research on effective ways to reducing environmental pollutions, and better healthy standard for humanity. Greater appreciation goes to this new era of technology advancement which has aid faster movement in cities restructuring, ranging from town planning and road designs, housing and transportation. This thesis focuses on the Poor Public Transportation infrastructure in Lagos Nigeria, and the sustainable ways for improvement. The first part covers the challenges by pointing out major issues with the present system. The second part of my thesis explains alternatives sustainable measures to improve the public transport in Lagos, by looking at how public transportation works in Helsinki Finland and sustainable implementations. Finally, in the conclusion and discussion, I have answered the research questions in this thesis and then, explained why it is important to have a high quality and sustainable public transport in Lagos, the benefit to the people, clean environment and boost to the nation economy.