Urgent Need to Address Illegal Parking on Pedestrian Walkways

TLDR

• Such illegal parking forces pedestrians onto busy roads, increasing the likelihood of accidents.
• DAR ES SALAAM: PEDESTRIAN walkways exist for one purpose: To provide safe passage for people.
• During peak traffic hours, some daladala drivers abandon congested roads and divert onto pedestrian walkways, forcing people to jump aside or risk injury.
• Unfortunately, weak enforcement has allowed this illegal behaviour to flourish, exposing children, older people, persons with disabilities and other pedestrians to unnecessary danger every day.
• Equally unacceptable is the growing tendency of lorries and trailers to park along or completely block pedestrian walkways.