Why The Abuja Metro Failed

[@akinbodeog]

So they basically built a rail line so that rich people could get to the airport. This is typical of the Jonathan government. They also built the Abuja-Kaduna railway so that rich people can travel to their villas on weekends, but didn't build a line to our biggest port.

[@yinka2615]

Maybe they felt building a line to our biggest port will benefit people in opposition

[@folkeklarstrom3668]

Super sad that Nigeria, a beautiful country with lots of resources and a great potential to be rich is being held back by a corrupt and shitty government.

[@TheDude50447]

First time I heard about rich people consistently taking public transit. Youd expect them to at least go by car.

[@ArariaKAgelessTraveller]

​@@TheDude50447is it really public in that case?

[@TheDude50447]

@@ArariaKAgelessTraveller i guess so if everyone can use it.

[@ellav5387]

I'm not Nigerian nor African for that matter but randomly stumbled upon this video. It's great to see that urban issues are taken seriously around the world. The way we plan and build our cities affect our lives so much that it should be a bigger topic among the general population. Good luck wherever you are from to reach out to your governments and making good changes.

[@estheticbean]

I'm a huge fan of urbanism. This was awesome, hope to see this channel blossom in future, and more Nigerians starting to pay attention to urban planning and sustainability in our country. I noticed a basic characteristic of the Nigerian setting is disorder, many things tend to be done in a disorderly and chaotic manner. I believe that we could see better results drastically if we (both government and citizens) start to add bits of orderliness to the things we do, queueing, transport system, house and streets naming, waste collection and management. It starts from awareness, enlightenment and engagements like this platform. We can do this Naija! Let's go! Thanks and look forward to your next video.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you for watching. I appreciate it. Yes, with a lot more planning and organisation, improvement in many aspects of the country will become clear. We must begin to understand how decisions affect people's lives and then make sure smart decisions are made.

[@usijupeter8170]

Would you subway line have been better? If so please explain in a video.

[@tdb7992]

You can really see how the line completely misses the main populated areas of the city. Hopefully, it is considered as a starting point, rather than a completely failed project. This really should not have been the first section to open though. I am Australian and don't know much about Abuja, so I looked the city up on Google Maps whilst watching this. It looks like Abuja has pretty broad roads which means building an elevated line would be pretty easy.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Yes, indeed. Abuja has really broad roads with a lot of space dedicated for cars. In a decade-old UN-Habitat analysis of streets from 40 cities around the world, Abuja was found to have a relatively high amount of land dedicated to streets (and roads, I'll say). There's a very good opportunity for introducing a lot of better elements into the street landscape. I wrote about it here: www.researchgate.net/publication/369542426_Reducing_Urban_Crime_through_Pedestrianisation_for_inclusive_Mobility_of_Wuse_II_District_Abuja

[@aquaticko]

Thank you for this update! Ensuring good modern rail infrastructure is built in Nigeria--which has very little historic railway development to modernize and intensify the use of, unlike past developing nations across Asia--is no doubt a challenge, but it will be crucial to ensure efficient, equitable development in Africa's most populous country's future.

[@evv4164]

There’s another thing about the Abuja Metro that I think should have been mention. Despite being promoted as an electric “light rail” system, the trains on the Abuja Metro consist of one diesel locomotive and a few coaches.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Oh, you're absolutely right!!! Tonami and I spoke about that during the interview session but it unfortunately didn't make the cut in the video. To manage the length, I had to take out some parts that were more engineering issues than urban planning/management issues. :(

[@merryshuttle]

Wow! This is a masterpiece! Tonami Playman did justice to the analysis of the problem and the possible solution. 👏

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

So happy to see an Nigerian urbanist creator. I love the video. It is very interresting, but also very sad. I really hope Abuja can become better with public transport planning

[@nigerianurbanism]

I'm glad the channel made you feel happy. Thank you.

[@khodahh]

So sad so many videos praised the system without any form of critical thinking. These days so many africans seem so much more focused on the image and other shallow concerns than the actual serving of peoples needs. We need more channels like it ! Good work !

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you!

[@petirimunyikwa445]

Finally! A channel about urbanism about Africa!! This is so awesome 👏🏾 I’m an American urban planning student and I’m so over having to hear about European and American cities.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Heyyy, I know, right? It's one of the reasons I started this. We need to centre African cities more and improve the discourse on African urbanism. Thanks for watching.

[@ScapeRuneQ]

Incredible video! Concise, informative, enlightening. I'm neither neither Nigerian nor African but as an urban planning enthusiast I'm happy to learn about what is going on on your continent. I hope to learn more about each Nigerian city.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks.

[@oladotunsolaja5812]

Excellent video. well done. I reviewed this project under a UKAID development programme in 2011. The results were shared with the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission and the National Planning Ministry. All of the issues highlighted are fixable. We can only hoe that someone in the new administration grasps the nettle. I must also commend you for highlighting that Lagos is busy cocking up their own system.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you! Indeed, these can be fixed. It's just unfortunate that it would require more financial investment.

[@TheHorseOutside]

Watching this from Ireland, where we are trying to begin work on a metro link to Dublin Airport. I hope we don't end up with an Abuja-style failure, thank you for highlighting the specific flaws in this project

[@Yu-hx5jo]

Look at Asian countries where first the highly densely populated areas have metro stations and then they are connected with the airport. Connecting the airport first is a huge mistake

[@vokevee30]

I’m a huge fan of Urbanism, I love your channel and I hope you grow bigger.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you so much.

[@artistjoh]

This sort of project can work, but only if apartment buildings are built within walking distance from stations concurrently with building the stations. Rail can be the driver of development. But it has to be part of sound long term plan that addresses needs rather wants.

[@tunxlaw]

This was a very detailed and educative video, we need more.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

The Chinese never bothered to do a feasibility project before doling out $800 million? Or was the goal just to throw their influence around and then eventually own the project for 99 years after Abuja defaults on the loan? On another note, hats off to this channel for covering African urbanism. A side we don't hear too often from.

[@blackbirds1440]

That’s the magic of Chinese loans. They only fund the projects that are financially impossible to succeed.

[@champan250]

What's wrong with letting the Chinese to take over the ownership?? Not like the people want to take this metro line to the airport anyways, so let the Chinese to have it then. The Chinese ain't going to take the metro line back to move it to China, so the metro line can still serve the people if they change their mind in the future This is far better than what the French and other European countries are doing to extract resources out of the continent

[@jxxxxx44]

​@@champan250 you're wrong kiddo

[@jxxxxx44]

Yeah, as expected from the Chinese. They only care about placing as many CCTV in the stations as possible. The first metro line in Jakarta was built with help from the Japanese, and it's awesome!!🤩The light rail line built with help from Korea is pretty good, too. Unfortunately our HSR project was taken over by the Chinese after a feasibility study by the Japanese. Typical China, can't do anything on their own 😂.

[@death_parade]

@@champan250 You don't get it. As the metro rots away, its value depreciates. In the meantime, Chinese loans will keep accruing interest. In the end, the metro alone will not be enough collateral when the loans can't be paid anymore. China will take something else then. Not the metro. Your way of thinking is very naive. That is not how the world works. Whenever you take a loan, doesn't matter from whom, you are effectively taking a loan from your future self. You do so on the assumption that the value generated out of the infrastructure that the loan builds today will be more than the loan and interest tomorrow. But if you have a failed infra project like this, it doesn't add value. Event though the loan and interest pile up.

[@axdan_8]

Really interesting video, great analysis. You can notice a similar problem to the United States: stations in the middle of nowhere. I hope you guys get more lines in the future! Nigeria is a country that's growing rapidly, you'll need trains to cope with that! Greetings from Spain👋

[@lzh4950]

Meanwhile Singapore has a somewhat different problem where because newer lines are built decades after the neighbourhoods they serve have been built up (otherwise our gov't probably fears that they'll become white elephants), some of their stations are built on the edge of instead of in the middle of neighborhood centres, probably due to a lack of space. Also unusually the land nearest to Jurong E station (opened in 1988/9) were built up only ard 10 yrs ago (& now occupied by shopping malls) while IMM shopping mall was built ~500m further north way back in the '90s (maybe because it also had a warehouse built above it)

[@Wasserfeld.]

Interesting video! Airport lines are certainly not a bad idea, but one thing I've noticed from Metro systems, is that they're rarely the *first* line to be built. Normally you build a useful line connecting homes to the city centre, proving its success and then you expand. Only now, for example, Paris is connecting Orly to the Metro (Line 14), while in England, Newcastle didn't have its airport connected until around 20 years after the first Metro line and Milan has only just connected one of its airports with its new Line 4. The positive thing however, is now that the line is there, you can increase demand as you said. So it's not a waste in the long term. As for Lagos, a fleet of 3 trains is unbelievable - what is the logic behind it?

[@death_parade]

True that, even in Delhi Metro, the Airport Line opened only 10-11 years after the metro started operations.

[@HenriqueOliveira-fp5bg]

same in São Paulo. Line 13 is one of the newest train lines in the city, connecting the downtown to the Cumbica International Airport. Line 17 (monorail) is being built connecting the other airport (congonhas) to the rest of the metro system

[@okezuo6067]

Such an insightful video 💯, I felt glad seeing tolani playman I’ve being his follower for quite some time. it’s sad seeing the Abuja metro station rot away as I do pass along the station at the city center. I don’t know if they could possibly extend the line from the city center to maybe somewhere densely populated.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you! Indeed, Tonami Playman is one of the most valued person I follow on Twitter, too. The line at city centre extends somewhere closer to the Federal Secretariat. But that is not constructed and I don't know if it will be.

[@rvfabrice]

​@@nigerianurbanism I also follow Tonami and now I just discovered this channel. It's nice to see the small community of Africa centric urbanists growing.

[@eannamcnamara9338]

Something that baffles me is why the line wasn't extended a station or two further into the city. The plans show two main trunks in the city center but no connections. I don't know much about the city so maybe it's fine, but it seems like a major oversight to not connect the two city center lines.

[@himbourbanist]

this is a bummer. African cities like Lagos and Abuja are in dire need of mass transit, it's a shame the planning of the projects weren't executed to meet their potential. hopefully Abuja can build out the rest of its system to really get riders using the existing line

[@nigerianurbanism]

Yeah. Good thing Lagos now has one line running, at least. It's about time. Better late than never.

[@mehmeteking]

I like how this metro line carefully avoids populated areas... Like, wtf? :)

[@stevensmith2078]

Excellent video! Thank you. In my experience, rarely do people make such poor decisions without a reason. Everyone plays the fool sometimes. So who benefited? The builders? Politicians? Architects/Engineers? Why such ugly oversized stations? Attractive, orderly, functional cities with good architecture makes everyone’s life much more pleasant. This channel is welcomed.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you! One thing is for sure: the people who live and work in Abuja - that should be the major beneficiaries - didn't benefit.

[@Earth098]

Brilliant video!!! Very clear and informative. So glad to find this channel. Keep up the quality work!!

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you!

[@amossutandi]

Seems like a good opportunity for real estate developers; biy the land near the metrostations and build a new neighbourhood there with homes, shops and offices. With a ready metro to the airport and to the center.

[@qingyangzhang6093]

Most Chinese-financed rail and metro lines, whether in China itself, or in Indonesia, Laos, Ethiopia, or Nigeria, avoid built-up urban areas like the plague. The primary reason is to drive down costs and simplify engineering, because demolition and land clearing is often the most expensive part of a project. The second reason is because Chinese cities raise money not by taxes, but by selling land grants. Building a metro line in empty land raises the land value by hundreds of times, as opposed to by only a few times in an existing urban area. It seems Kenya was aware of this Chinese habit, and tried to bring the termini of the Mombasa-Nairobi line closer to the city centres in negotiations, but only reached a half-compromise. On the other hand, the local government in Abuja turned out to be greedier than their Chinese counterparts, and chose to prioritise this line alignment over others, in order to maximise land sales revenues. There were also complaints about wasteful and oversized stations in China. But in less than a decade, many of the "oversized" stations went over capacity as the surroundings got developed, and there was not enough room left for expansion.

[@adiba9734]

I mean japan was doing the samething before. Shin yokohama and shin osaka was built in the middle of rice field before and today does two station was the center of the city even the newly built bullet train line in hakodate was half an hour drive to city center. As for indonesia i agree that both station are located in the middle of no where it also cause a political tension but lucky the goverment decide to build a train feeder in bandung area and metro station in jakarta both can be acces by walk the ridership was increase since then

[@ayantolasaheed7425]

The line was not planned to solve problem but for aesthetics

[@lebacel]

This is the problem with corrupted countries, they only build for aesthetic but nothing is working properly. Look closer into China, everything is a total failure behind the modern look, inside is crap

[@arsyapermana1]

This is such a ridiculous project, the local politicians doesn't even think about the metro as form of transportation but rather a political project that can boost their public image.

[@ovaaaaaL]

I get the idea of building the infrastructure ahead of the land development to promote transit-oriented development, but the problem here is that Abuja metro area has a population of over 3.8 million people. And given the cost of the project, it would've been better allocated on a busy line. If Abuja was a small city, it would've been still acceptable but again, 3.8 MILLION PEOPLE AND INSTEAD THEY BUILT A LINE ON AN AREA WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE DON'T EXIST FOR AT LEAST A DECADE OR SO. A DECADE IS TOO LONG.

[@skiesboi]

I think that the comment about airports not being high-demand depends on context. I think that he's right in the African context where, not only are regional connections badly serviced/non-existent or are prohibitively expensive (Bulawayo to Johannesburg for example costs US$300 for a round trip, when London to Johannesburg only costs US$500). However, in Europe and America, airports are a good place to put transit as there are a lot of people who work in the airport and there are a lot of travelers that find this connection useful. As such, I think that you make a good point, we need African solutions for African problems. We also need to leverage what we have (i.e. building metro lines and stations along commuter lines that will deliver a good return on investment). I think that we also need to work on intra-African connectivity. Maybe this way the airport will be a valuable investment.

[@nigerianurbanism]

I think this is a good reference for airports and transit. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKCudqxsaNKXga8

[@esthervanda7401]

They have embezzled the money

[@moham.279]

Listen to yourself.

[@OpeBukola]

400 🤯 this was a really interesting video, thank you! Would love to see an explainer and evaluation of the Lagos to Ibadan rail line. I've taken it a lot and like it but don't know much in terms of history, cost and utilization

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you for watching! I'll be exploring Lagos in a few months starting from a Lagos City Profile. I suspect that I'll touch on the Lagos Ibadan line under Lagos' urban mobility. Kindly subscribe to stay updated. 😊

[@fhs7838]

Typical Chinese dedicated airport express metro. Beijing has 2 airport express metro lines which provide any meaningful service to nearby locals. And also getting pretty low ridership. (~50k per day, vs some 500k~1M regular metro lines). Airport really dont deserve dedicated metro level of public transit connections.

[@xlukas93]

What a shame. With the money allocated for this project, they could rather build solid europe like light rail system (trams with dedicated lines and small bus-like stops/stations) trough the populated areas with some lane splitting outside of city centre. Buying some cheap, possibly second hand trams and run them more frequently. Which would give more jobs to drivers and at the same time better transportation comfort in the city which would lead to better ridership and therefore more economic activity. If the ridership was good enough, the old trams could be swapped for new ones etc... further increasing comfort and therefore ridership. But some politicians prefer shiny megaprojects instead of real practical solution to real problem. This is sadly universal pattern all over the globe.

[@manovrsb]

It's hard to impress people , if you follow low cost easy tramps , the people will feel insulated . Modernization is the biggest scam of our generation where everyone wants to come out with a new "look" no matter the cost.

[@ronnelacido1711]

Either the fares are too expensive, or there was no feasibilty study made to determine if there is a market for a rail system in the first place. 400 person daily ridership is a joke. It won't even cover the daily cost running the system.

[@olamideobatomi8006]

It is most unfortunate that we Nigerians set ourselves up for failure at every turn! First, qudos to the Analyst and the poster of this video - many thanks for your diligence! Until the primary problem of corruption is tackled sincerely by ALL Nigerians, we will continue to see it seep into and sabotage every effort towards the progress of the Nigerian state - as is exemplified with this here (The Abuja Metro) and a long list of gargantuan but ineffectual projects to which the collective wealth is being expended. The motivation for these projects is NOT a collective good but avenues for corrupt enrichment. Our tacit approval of this socio-cultural malaise is the reason why it wont end - we can expect to see more of extremely bloated infrastructure that serve little to no purpose!

[@ifalash]

This is a great video. I subscribed to encourage you to keep making these videos. The views will come

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you! 😊 I hope they will eventually. I'll try to keep going and deliver quality content.

[@stevenroshni1228]

The need to get the development going. The advantage to build transport first is less disruption to exisiting housing and businesses but people need to see living there as a viable option.

[@gj1234567899999]

We have some Chinese infrastructure in our country. They failed pretty bad. The price was “cheap”. But if it doesn’t work at all it’s worthless.

[@Yu-hx5jo]

I hope you realise that the Chinese only "funded" and "provided equipments" for the metro. All the station planning was done by the Nigerian government. China has helped build railways in other countries with more success. Japan helped india in technologies, but it's the government that decides the routes and stations

[@nigerianurbanism]

Yes, this is correct. It wasn't a Chinese plan.

[@ashokyadav1617]

The Nigerian government should adopt India's metro system and implementation. Population density, per capita income and other urban infrastructure in Nigeria are similar to India.

[@nigerianurbanism]

I think India is the most similar country to Nigeria across many indices. I agree with you.

[@exquisitey]

It is unfortunate that heavy loans were incurred to procure wasteful inefficient projects hardly serve the people. Shame.

[@onwukaroland.]

D major problem with it is its position if they had constructed it along airport road passing lugbe and co with a viaduct it would have been one of d busiest metro at least in Africa

[@zlyable]

Imagine if it then went through central area to link up with the proposed line going along Ahamdu Bello way (gwarimpa - wuse - garki/apo) Common sense!!

[@Ian-zx5nn]

Thank you once again for your excellent videos Muhammad. When I was in Kano a while ago I was told by a friend that the city government had actually started working on a metro system years ago, but the project was discontinued after an election. Do you know if this is true, or anything else about this? If so, it could be another good video for the channel.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you for watching. I don't know much about the Kano system but I reckon I'll learn up on it by the time I begin to explore Kano.

[@mulsenhfk]

You gained a subscriber!

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you!!!

[@Ned-the-Red]

Just found this channel and instantly subscribed!

[@nigerianurbanism]

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[@ericbruun9020]

There are hand-me-downs available from several cities. Even if not optimal, they can get service going quickly.

[@adiba9734]

3:57 i mean the number of line didnt realy affect the ridership. Jakarta mrt only has 16km of the line but serve 90 thousand peoplle daily.

[@Strykehjerne]

So?... As we can see. There's some reason this was profitable somehow.. to someone. Who put the contract up? What companies bid? Who had power over decisions... Who profited? No mention of the actual fault in thinking that produced this ridiculous solution... I'm Norwegian.. I can tell you about a few infrastructure disasters and bad or expensive solutions here. But I can tell you why and probably why too. There must be people who saw what you see, how come they had no clear part in this?

[@AlsworthTV]

Such an insightful video, keep it up! 💯

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you! Will do! Glad you like it.

[@qjtvaddict]

Large oversized stations??? 😊

[@Qiyunwu]

That is Chinese money talking!

[@pieterwatson611]

A lot of mistakes are in this film. E.g. "Abuja Metro" IT IS NOT A METRO, this is metropolitan standard railway line. "Metro is only wrong name. In 16:09, Tunis Metro - THIS IS TRAM, NOT METRO. Both systems have WRONG NAME, both do not meet the requirements to be called a metro.

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

A metro is made for the poor not the middle class the middle class should use buses, the rich donot need public

[@ignoblesurfer6281]

Great video. Biggest winners: Teresina Metro in Brazil - no longer the most pointless and least-used :)

[@PtrkHrnk]

The audio is a bit too quiet, the commentary especially.

[@rivestscitiesskylinechan-mp2lx]

I hope the new REM system in Montreal (opening this weekend) does better

[@nigerianurbanism]

Hi. How has the REM System in Montreal done so far after opening?

[@shanewalters2565]

Even the Honolulu Skyline is better than this Metro, I'm so sorry for the Nigerian people having to go through this, I hope everything gets fixed soon.

[@red_skies80]

I think the biggest mistake was building this line FIRST. (and also not expanding the other lines)

[@painting4850]

if anyone's curious with the 40 minute end to end quoted travel time, 3 trains would give you a train every 28 mins...atrocious for a modern dedicated 2 track right of way

[@sparrowhawk18]

Really interesting

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you.

[@Prodigious1One]

I guess that the population distribution stops more people from using the train in Abuja.

[@zainmudassir2964]

Thank you for good information. My country Pakistan A metro train start in my city Lahore quite good. Sorry poor English

[@lavillenouvelle]

The biggest problem of Abuja Metro was that there were only 2 departures per day, and these departures were not even coordinated with the commuting peak hours. If, despite this poor schedule, it managed to attract 400 people per day, this was a huge success! (most lines in europe, even with 1 train per hour, fail to attract more than 50 passengers per day)

[@qjtvaddict]

Wait WHAT???? 2 day trips?

[@lavillenouvelle]

@@qjtvaddict Yes: Idu --9:20 Abuja --9:40 Abuja -- 10:00 Idu --10:20 Airport -- 10:40 Airport -- 13:30 Idu --13:50 Abuja -- 14:10. Abuja -- 14:30 Idu -- 14:50 Airport -- 15:10. Airport -- 16:20 Idu -- 16:40 Abuja -- 17:00 Abuja -- 17:20 Idu --17:40 So, there is only one train that goes back and forth. Service starts when people are already at work, stops before people get out from work, and takes long breaks at the airport. With such a schedule, carrying 400 passengers per day is a huge success! With one single train, you can make a much more efficient 2-hours schedule, with trains departing from Abuja at even hours from 06:00 to 00:00 and from the airport at odd hours from 07:00 to 23:00. And with two trains, you can run a clockface 1-hour schedule, with trains departing from both terminals every hour from 06:00 to 00:00.

[@pieterwatson611]

You lie in a part about Europe.

[@lavillenouvelle]

@@pieterwatson611 most of French TER and Swiss Regio carry less than 100 people per day.

[@baronjutter]

Giving over-sized priority for transit projects to the airport often happens when the elites of an area have an over-sized voice in the plans. For a lot of rich people, the only time they really take transit or want transit are for trips to the airport, and within their economic bubble they imagine everyone else feels the same way. It keeps happening because the class of people who frequent airports are the same class of people who make the decisions for funding huge projects like this and they have no clue what actual common people need. They rather have a shiny cool prestigious train for a few thousand of their rich buddies, instead of a transit project that would be enjoyed by millions of working class people. I hate that this keeps happening over and over all around the world, specially in places that can least afford to waste money on useless airport prestige projects.

[@ArA-og1dv]

Wat is missing to solve d ' problem' is team of Wumbmen, some how we get d job done ! Look at Ruanda

[@swaguelclemens9164]

Could Lagos "borrow" the trains from Abuja?

[@nigerianurbanism]

😂 😂 😂 You know, I never thought of this.

[@reaper6531]

Another Chinese debt trap.

[@qjtvaddict]

Well damn I am impressed with this kind of failure how did you manage that???

[@codeosagie]

When you have demagogues in the position of power in offices, never expect good result, only negative outcome.

[@account_deleted703]

gasped when i saw the land use map!

[@Davidgon100]

at least they got the infrastructure built now. In the future it should be very easy to open the line since the rails/stations are already built. These projects get more expensive over time. Good they built it now for $800M instead of $1.5B 10 years from now. Although I agree they should have started with a line that serves more urban areas first.

[@bigbenemilia933]

Move the train line to Gwagwalada

[@jetfan925]

This system would be fine by CanAm standards.

[@BLACKSTA361]

So what can Lagos learn from this that should be implemented better on their Subway system Thanks in advance

[@nigerianurbanism]

Lagos needs to ensure that it has sufficient number of trains running on the line to avoid overcrowding. Because while the Abuja Metro line ran through undeveloped places, the Lagos Blue Line runs through dense urban population.

[@akp3097]

400 passengers a day… those were the people who executed project so they don’t hv to use public transportation 🤣

[@electro_sykes]

they should have built a highway

[@localareakobold9108]

its good to see content that is from African region since I dont any of them and when i try to search its regionally blocked and end up with western woke content

[@HaleyChain-vw8rr]

Basically they built a line to nowhere '.

[@rvfabrice]

One other system to consider for the benchmark is the Dakar TER. It has basically the same connection (from the city center to the airport) by bi-modal train. It seems to be more successful though. Last i heard, it had already reached 50k riders/day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Express_Regional_Dakar-AIBD

[@dudusblack]

Suspiciously bull. Just 400 people? Nigeria? 400? Aiii.

[@nigerianurbanism]

Not Nigeria, Abuja. Not Abuja, a single city level transport system. Not the entire system, a single line out of 6. Not all stations on the line, 2 out of 10. Destination only from Central Area to the Airport (transfer option at Idu). 400 people as highest number of daily paasengers is very realistic.

[@dudusblack]

@@nigerianurbanism Then I listen again

[@dudusblack]

@@nigerianurbanism Listened again in light of this comment thread and the first 5 or so minutes already tells me so much more now...including between some lines.

[@dudusblack]

Ah. I get your point now. Also, who TH is going to catch a train from the airport? Haha. And who is it going to pick up along the way? I get the point. . .and more in betweeners. But that's always been there ever since road rail freight commute

[@doge.a.cat2002]

Hello from New York City! I'm not Nigerian or African yet I always wonder about how Africa, especially Nigeria, will develop improved public transport in the future (like light rail, BRT) especially considering how little serious planning there is at the moment as the population booms. I've also seen that there are big cities in Nigeria with over a million people like Ibadan and Benin City that have no plans for at least BRT like what, say, Bogotá, has. And then Port Harcourt is another big city that started to build a monorail a while ago but adandoned it. Are you thinking of covering these cities in your future videos? This is an interesting channel btw!

[@nigerianurbanism]

Thank you! Yes, I hope to cover many more cities in the future. Nigerian cities are still yet to crack urban transit. We're stuck with minibuses and taxis still.

[@qjtvaddict]

Worst: SF central subway?

[@appleicatpromax7069]

Morocco also has good light rail

[@ianhomerpura8937]

Neighboring Algeria as well

[@RaphaelNyaboga]

As well as Nairobi.

[@TayoYessuff]

Wasteful government, the Northerns as backward individual that gives them bad name! Buhari's government is waste

[@yashkalyan]

bro see jaipur metro fail

[@AyilaraAdekunle]

Damn!

[@brokeafengineerwannabe2071]

When people realise Chinese loans are loans, not free money

[@Yu-hx5jo]

Same with nearly every country. It's upto the politician how it's being used. In India we used Japanese funds to build a successful metro.

[@considerthis4227]

Nigeria is a banana republic.

[@slinkiegirl2001]

i agree and a failed state, they can not even roil out new bank notes without it being a problem, i swear the whole world was laughing at Nigerian's

[@anandsuralkar2947]

Lol expecting rich people to use public transport is just being dumb😂

[@qjtvaddict]

I thought USA was bad

[@awonusiolajide7978]

Some political jobbers will defend this

[@richardguobadia2386]

Why is the analyst talking like who has no confidence or who doesn't even believe in what he is saying?

[@tukaidas1272]

A metro rail is for people connecting important places school college hospital malls food court stadium airport railway station big residential places big market and more not politicians joy ride 😢😢😢

[@tukaidas1272]

Bro in india jaipur city metro also politicians joy ride also see mumbai monorail 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 Both are so bad route no proper connection with locality or important places worst routes of india metro city line hope in india no such line will be made as politicians joy ride

[@RahulMishra-ld2bo]

Agreed.

[@StraightOuttaPaddock]

actually im not even from there, but your videos are very interesting : )

[@ptseti]

WHY WHY WHY am i NOT surprised when something like this happens in Nigeria🥱🥱🥱

[@anagonyaowusu3119]

Yah, darn brown people, am I right!?