African population growth will add to traffic woes
Traffic congestion in Africa causes pain to commuters and their wallets
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In this article
- Drivers of traffic
- Population growth
- Rising middle class
- Public transport
- Road building
- Economic costs
- Productivity
- Fuel wastage
- Solutions
- Road building
- Alternative transport
- Radical solutions
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