Cities, Regions and Transportation Systems in Nigeria, A festschrift in honour of Tpl. Owolabi Dadepo Agboola, 2022
A well-planned transportation land use is crucial to the implementation and performance of the tr... more A well-planned transportation land use is crucial to the implementation and performance of the transportation system operations, functionality of socio-economic activities and sustainability of the built environment. Because of these, this study investigated the issues, challenges and prospects of transportation land use planning in Nigerian cities. The study objectives were to examine the socio-economic characteristics of residents and the cities, investigate the influence of transportation land use on the socio-economic development of the cities, examine the effect of the adjourning land use activities of the transportation land use on transportation planning, evaluate the challenges of transportation land use planning and proffered strategies to improve the transportation land use planning in Nigerian cities. A cross-sectional research design was adopted for this study. Convenience systematic sampling technique was used to administer 600 copies of a questionnaire on residents found within 3 kilometres radius of major transportation infrastructure across the six capital cities in Southwestern, Nigeria. Major results revealed that the majority of the respondents are self-employed (46.5%), earn below #100,000 per month (over 50%) and generate over 3 trips per week (above 60%). The development of civic centres, fuel dispensing stations, and local markets are the three top-ranked socio-economic activities in the cities. Meanwhile, encouraging urban agglomeration, increasing the value of properties and investment and improving trade and commerce are the top-ranked influence of transportation land use planning on the socio-economic development of cities. Also, the top-ranked effect of the adjourning land use activities on transportation planning is increased travel time, increase road encroachment and reduced roadway capacity. Worthwhile, the most ranked challenges affecting transportation land use planning in Nigerian cities are the attitude of the public, corruption and road encroachment activities. However, this study concludes with strategic measures best to ameliorate the observed challenges and improve the transportation land use planning in Nigerian cities.
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