Comments on: Kenyan Police Website and the traffic updates http://www.kachwanya.com/2009/09/13/kenyan-police-website-and-the-traffic-updates/ Sharing Tech ideas for a better Africa Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: K.W. http://www.kachwanya.com/2009/09/13/kenyan-police-website-and-the-traffic-updates/comment-page-1/#comment-35550 K.W. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:46:45 +0000 http://www.kachwanya.com/?p=826#comment-35550 Unfortunately the traffic situation in Nairobi is such that updates every two hours would not really be very helpful...except perhaps for historical purposes (like finding out why the hell you had to turn back and use an alternative route)..."Ah-ha so it was because of a lorry breaking down on Limuru Road"..sort of thing. The question of how best to disseminate real-time traffic status updates in an easy to digest format, relevant to each individual's journey has increasingly been on my mind. Not quite found an answer but someday... Unfortunately the traffic situation in Nairobi is such that updates every two hours would not really be very helpful…except perhaps for historical purposes (like finding out why the hell you had to turn back and use an alternative route)…"Ah-ha so it was because of a lorry breaking down on Limuru Road"..sort of thing.

The question of how best to disseminate real-time traffic status updates in an easy to digest format, relevant to each individual's journey has increasingly been on my mind. Not quite found an answer but someday…

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