PRESS RELEASE
LAMATA boss emerges
Transport Planner of the Year
…Dedicates award to Fashola, Lagosians
The Managing Director of the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Dr. Dayo Mobereola, has described the Mile 12 to CMS Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system as one which contributes to upholding human dignity at award ceremony in London, dedicating the award to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) and Lagosians who daily ride on the BRT.
Speaking at Reading University, venue of the ceremony where he picked up an award as Transport Planner of the Year from the Transport Planning Society in the United Kingdom, Dr. Mobereola described the award as an acknowledgment of government efforts and transport professionals within the system to lift the morale of the people through the provision of a transport system that is at once accessible, safe and affordable. Dr. Mobereola will be the first black African to win the award.
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The awardees displaying their award shortly after presentation.
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The prestigious award was made by the Transport Planning Society in the United Kingdom and is given to transport planners who have made an exceptional contribution to transport planning profession over the last year. It was presented by Victoria Hills, the Chairperson of the Transport Planning Society in the United Kingdom, who said the “Lagos BRT represents a significant achievement for British transport planning expertise”.
The award which was jointly presented to Dr. Mobereola and Colin Brader, Managing Director of Integrated Transport Planners (ITP), who, in 2007 led a World Bank-funded feasibility study for the BRT system in Lagos, the first of its kind in Africa.
The scheme, which included regulatory reform, institutional restructuring and training, infrastructure development, bus purchase, branding and marketing, was delivered just 15 months after conception, and began operation on 17 March 2008. At the end of June 2009, the system had moved 74,359,114
passengers.
“It is now evident from our recent experience in Lagos that we are in a position to provide a transport system which allows the people of Lagos to travel with ease, within a specified time and at a reasonable cost,” he stated while responding after receiving the award.
Dr. Mobereola stated that the implementation of the Lagos BRT represented “best practice in transport planning and provided a focus for dialogue between those for who are the ultimate beneficiaries of the project.”
He said Lagos with a population of 18 million, seven million of which commute on a daily basis, provided the best example for transport implementers on how best consultant and client could work together to provide transport infrastructure.
On his part Mr. Brader described the award as the highest acknowledgement one could get as a professional, adding “my real award is seeing many faces using the BRT.”
For more information, please contact:
Kolawole Ojelabi
External Relations Specialist
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA)
Tel: 01-2792778-82 Ext. 200, 01-7905343; Fax 01-2792783
Mobile: +2348038556452
Email: kojelabi@lamata-ng.com
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