Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, is one of the most traffic congested cities in the world believe it or not! In order to help alleviate traffic, the government of Kenya has recently build a commuter rail that stretches from the business district to the Syokimau suburbs which is a 40-min trip. It is estimated that 20,000 commuters will be able to ride the train daily with the six trains daily. I thought this was a great way to save people money, gas and a way to reduce pollution since the tickets are around a dollar each way. It is also an effort to help Kenya become a more industrialized city. Kenya has plans to build more trains in the near future. It will be interesting to see if it become a city more reliant on trains than on cars.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2012/1117/Sick-of-traffic-Kenyans-on-board-with-Nairobi-s-new-commuter-rail
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