{"id":39916,"date":"2021-02-05T14:53:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39916"},"modified":"2021-02-05T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T14:54:07","slug":"lagos-set-to-replace-yellow-buses-with-blue-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39916","title":{"rendered":"Lagos set to replace yellow buses with blue ones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Lagos-yellow-bus.jpg\" alt=\"Lagos set to replace yellow buses with blue ones\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lagos State Government on Thursday said there are plans to replace yellow buses with blue ones in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this during a virtual forum on Thursday tagged \u2018Transportation and Traffic Conference\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oladeinde said: \u201cWe are reforming the bus sector and over time, Lagos will phase out the yellow buses because the yellow buses are not conducive for a mega city like Lagos. That is why we are coming with blue buses you see around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are inviting the private sector to participate in the provision of public transport services. We are also deploying technology just to ensure that we can up our game in terms of efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/apapa-gridlock-lawmaker-calls-for-relocation-of-npa\/\">Apapa gridlock<\/a>, the commissioner explained that the state government was committed to ending the traffic menace by committing hectares of land in Iganmu and Ogun as transit truck parks while relying on the Eto app which would be deployed on February 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLagos State in collaboration with the Nigerian Ports Authority invited a concessionaire and that concessionaire developed an Eto app that will be deployed February 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLagos State has committed 31 hectares of land in Iganmu called the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Truck Park to complement what is at Lilypond and we are talking to the Ogun State Government to secure a land in Ogere\u201d, the commissioner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further disclosed that the state government has come up with a parking strategy known as Lagos State Parking Strategy, with a parking authority set up with the mandate to regulate parking on the roads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Government on Thursday said there are plans to replace yellow buses with blue ones in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this during a virtual forum on Thursday tagged \u2018Transportation and Traffic Conference\u2019. Oladeinde said: \u201cWe are reforming the bus sector [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lagos set to replace yellow buses with blue ones &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39916\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Odofin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39916#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uncategorized\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lagos set to replace yellow buses with blue ones\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lagos set to replace yellow buses with blue ones &raquo; WatchDog Plus Media","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39916","author":"Odofin","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=39916#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Uncategorized","item":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lagos set to replace yellow buses with blue ones"}]}]}},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Odofin","author_link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?author=2"},"rttpg_comment":18,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Uncategorized<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"The Lagos State Government on Thursday said there are plans to replace yellow buses with blue ones in accordance with its transportation masterplan of the state. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, disclosed this during a virtual forum on Thursday tagged \u2018Transportation and Traffic Conference\u2019. 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