Road safety is not just about erection of road signs, traffic lights, installation of guardrails, road markings and zebra crossings here and there. The national trunk roads network is about 206,000 km of which 21,000 km are national highways (about 10 per cent). Secondary roads, minor roads and streets flip the ratios becoming heavy on pedestrian traffic and light on vehicular traffic. In essence spatial planning should ensure that nodes remain nodes and links to be links for proper functional, safe and sustainable designs. Secondary roads, minor roads, estate roads, city arteries and streets are found within or close to nodes.

Source: Daily Nation July 07, 2023 08:26 UTC