BIKEABLE CITY:

Three modes of transport are used in Lagos: vehicular, water and rail. With the heavy dependence on cars and buses, the growth of the population, inadequate maintenance of the road network, badly maintained cars, insufficient public transport planning, and weak policies on pollution & climate change, roads are congested and pollution is on the rise. It is therefore timely to explore possibilities for introducing cycling as a sustainable non-motorized transportation mode for Lagos.  
Like bus rapid transit, cycling has multiple benefits for cities. It costs far less than motorised travel, both for the users and in terms of infrastructure investment needed. Cities with convenient cycling infrastructure benefit from significant health care savings from increased physical activity, reduced air pollution levels and reduced road fatalities. Importantly, cycling is an equitable transport mode that can enhance mobility for the urban poor and increase interaction among nearly all groups. There are therefore compelling economic, social and environmental reasons for cities to invest in safe and well-connected cycling infrastructure.
Within silos conversations have started, i.e. by LAMATA which included non-motorised transport in its strategic longterm plan (The Urban Transport Project), by academics and by the first cycling club (“Cycology”). This event aims to facilitate sector crossing dialogue and to bring together policy makers, urban practitioners, researchers, academics and the public to engage in a discussion about a bikeablae Lagos, the why and how.