2-A Daily Flow Profile of Traffic in an Urban Traffic.pdf
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S. I. Oni, Charles Asenime, Emm<strong>an</strong>uel Ege, Kemi Efunshade, S.A. Oke<br />
million people <strong>an</strong>d a density <strong>of</strong> 1,300 persons per square kilometer. This is 15 times<br />
more th<strong>an</strong> the national average. It is also expected that growth will cont<strong>in</strong>ue at the<br />
current rate <strong>of</strong> nearly 6% per <strong>an</strong>num. This phenomenal <strong>in</strong>crease <strong>in</strong> population is due<br />
to its position as a melt<strong>in</strong>g pot <strong>of</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess, economic <strong>an</strong>d social activities. Of all the<br />
urb<strong>an</strong> centers <strong>in</strong> Nigeria, Metro-Lagos has played the most signific<strong>an</strong>t role <strong>in</strong> the<br />
wholesale absorption <strong>of</strong> rural population. The l<strong>an</strong>d use pattern <strong>of</strong> the metropolis is<br />
skewed. The over concentration <strong>of</strong> urb<strong>an</strong>/commercial activities along the North-<br />
South corridor <strong>of</strong> the metropolis <strong>an</strong>d the agglomeration <strong>an</strong>d <strong>in</strong>creased separation <strong>of</strong><br />
residencies to work place has created a need for daily journey to work on a large scale<br />
which has <strong>in</strong>fluenced traffic flow pattern that is structured towards the north-south<br />
direction dur<strong>in</strong>g the morn<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>an</strong>d reverses <strong>in</strong> the even<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
Figure 1. Map <strong>of</strong> Study Area<br />
Vol.2, No.2:99-109 (Fall 2008) 102
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