MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS

OVERVIEW i. BIASHARA STREET STREET A NYAYO SITE MOBILITY AND RAIL

Mobility is is a vital function . In a town , people need to access
services ,places and goods neeed reach destination within
reasonable time and with ease.
In small site such as Kenyatta Market street and informal
transportation system play a critical role in connecting people with
places and services .
Lack of intergrated land use and transportation planning is one key
factor contributing to mobility challenge in Kenyatta Market .
It is the central Bussiness street
The street usually have have heavy traffic caused by  student from
kenyatta University , residence and commercial transport such as
private cars and boda boda .
The street is characterised by a row of shops, hotels, cybers ,
financial agents ,barbershops , salons, tailor shop , movie shop
and street vedors on eithers side, photo shop,pharmacy etc.
The street coonects the biashara street and the major road ( CONNECTIVITY
unicity rooad) The Nyayo Hostel is the nerve of the hostels in Kenyatta Another advantage of the site is that the
location itself has railway line passing along ,
University .
There are few shops , hotesls , (commercial activities are few) in mass transit .
this street . Some of the existing shops are milk kiosks, retail
kiosk , Hostels (ebeneezar hostel , betin shop ,and others, The centre comprises of Nyayo (1-6) , flats  and
entertainment rooms The railways makes the site accesible.
There are two religion building (church). APC The railway helps in playing a mojor role in the
It is one of the major area that exhibit a properly
ransit of commercial good for the Residence of

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This street is usually busy with student in motion to and from planned site with intergration of diffrent aspects . kenyatta Market .
Biashara street pathway is always hectic Kenyatta University.
In Kenyatta Market , street are not well planned with many having during peak hours. The circulation of the site is well intergrated with plan
"dead ends", "missing link" and street section characterized by At night , this road is turn up to be crime spots which are full of scheme . Relationship and connectivity
'conflict' among the users ( Kenyatta University students and the Student from Kenyatta university gather social problems like pickpocketing , snach and run .
Residence of KM). eakness
at this street during lunch hour , morning learning centre
hour and evening in the bid to access the The site has a major street sorrounding Nyayo 1-4
hotels , cybers , shops etc. linking to the minor street paths. (kenyatta University )
The street network in Kenyatta Market is a mix of a planned grid
network and irregular street layout that are as result of informal sound pollution arising from the boda Each street is paved .
planning and develeopment boda and private vehicle.
The site is devoid of lush green attire of the plant Railway line
There shop extensions along the street material and correct choice of flowering along the street
making it narrow hence alot of conflict beautifully and properly maintained .
betweeb the users.
STREET B Along the street there are street light that enhace a
The street is all weather , hence affected by prevailing weather
lively nature at nigh and inhhanced security . Kenyatta Market
condition.
Walking Boda Boda
There are hotels , shops, chemist, Financial agents, buchery
,salons, and boda boda park
Private cars
The street is usually busy with student as it is the major street
that links Kiwanja settlement and the commercial Centre .
Illegal temporaly
i. Profiling  Mobility and street in Kenyatta Market vendors structure At night the road turns up to be crime spot which is full of social
(VIBANDA) problem . Nyayo street path
Trips done through
WALKING 70% Trips done through
MOTORBIKE 15% Membly The street path links Kenyatta Market and
Trips done through
road Nyayo hostel .
PRIVATE
CARS
10% Trip done through 5% L1
CYCLING Street A It is paved .
MAJOR ROAD LINKING TO THE SITE
It usually has alot of conflict between the users
i. UNICITY MALL ALL WEATHER ROAD (boda boda and students)
Unicity road
ii. KIWANJA ROAD SECTION : BIASHARA STREET
Kiwanja road The path is narrow .
iii. KAHAWA WEST ROAD
INTERSECTION (Rail and
STREETS IN KENYATTA MARKET road)
The Nyayo street path, area of intrest it commercial
i . BIASHARA STREET IS usually a street having high level of
traffic congestion and 'conflict' between commercial
boda boda and the students.
ii. NYAYO WALL PATH Commercial
Commercial
Biashara street
iii. STREET A and STREET B sewer line

UNICITY MALL (all weather road) Bahamas hotel Shop extension

- The main accessible way to reach To Mfubilo Gate (access

the site ( exit from the Thika Super to learning Institution
highway) KU)
- The road makes it possible to PHOTO FIXATION : MAJOR ISSUE AFFECTING MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY .
access the site by vehicle , boda High "conflict" crossing railway
boda and walkway.
- Most of the user are KM legend
residence. Biashara street
- With of the road is abour 6m and High traffic Congestion Mutumba street vendor

aproximately 2k to the site from (people and motorbikes) shope extension -

Thika highway.
-At night , this road ist turn up to e street B low population (no traffic
crime spot which are full of social Congestion)
problem .
Intersection of roads
Nyayo street ISSUE : mutumba vendor , food vendor on laQuita supermarket building is the
KIWANJA ROAD (all weather path Biashara street has limited constructed drains , the street obstructing the pedestrian tallest (5 floors )commercial building
road) they are as result of community effort to try and movement .
direct storm water through dug drains . along the biashara street .
Motorbike (Boda Boda) park
It a main accessible way to
reach Kennyatta Market .
- most of the user are Kenyatta NYAYO 4

Market resiende and few FLATS

NYAYO 3
students who reside in Kiwaja NYAYO 2
settlement .
- At nigh the road is usually a ay
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crime hotsspot .
100 500 1000
- It's with aproximately 6 m. NYAYO 1
_ The road is usually affected lin 1 : 1000

by the prevailing weather The site has no defined road ,there is lack Street vendor , the local engaging in
street vending contribute to street Megamatt supermarket (lack of parking
condition. Artistic 3D image illustrating Nyayo 1-4 tunnels to drain stormwater which inter space result to illigal parking along the street)
footbrigde affect the mobility of the road. conflict among the users

GATHONI PETER B15/3960/ 2016 STUDIO II : INTRODUCTION TO SITE ANALYSIS AND

AND DESIGN FOR PLANNING
INSTRUCTORS 1. Mr James W. Wanyoike
2 Mr John Gikundi
Semester I 2019/2020