Check Out Lists of Transportation Fares Across Lagos

Lagos is the commercial nerve of Nigeria, home to about 20million people from different tribes, tongues and nationality make Lagos a home. Lagos has its challenges in the area of transportation, even with the recent new BRT buses that the state government rolled out recently, transportation seems to be a never-ending issue that all have to deal with. Due to lack of adequate transportation in Lagos, the populace is at the mercy of the commercial buses popularly called "Danfo". The danfos are the semi-gods, they wave the magic wand as they please especially when it rains or there is traffic around the metropolis.

We will be taking a look at the cost of transportation around major areas in Lagos for those working in Island and living in the Mainland, we will be calculating how much the working class spend going to and fro around Lagos and how much it costs yearly. We believe most Lagosians spend the same amount on transport and rent every year.

Our calculation would be the cost of transport and total working days, it would be total cost in a day that is to and fro, we have a total of 261 working days in 2019

NOTE: 

Some of this prices fluctuate due to rain (sounds funny right) when rain falls in Lagos forget it the transport fare will always be high, in fact sometimes you won't see buses, which make some people trek or enter bike to their destinations or if there is so much crowd that means so much money for Danfo buses( yellow buses). Equally from Obalende or CMS, people usually would want to go to locations inside Victoria island or Ikoyi you would need to enter buses to go around, do you know from Obalende to Bonny camp starts from ₦100 or National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) or Ikeja where you have to take Keke to Opebi, Oregun or any place in Ikeja starts from ₦100.

We will start our destinations from places like Iyana Ipaja, Ikotun and end at the workplace locations like Yaba, Obalende/CMS, Lekki/Ajah, Ikeja. We excluded places like Abule Egba because the cost of transportation from those places are very high compared to Iyana Ipaja as more people enter transport from Iyana Ipaja.

We are putting the average salary of the Lagos Working Class at ₦70,000 Monthly, we will be using this to

We will be using the yellow buses (Danfo) as examples, as BRT don’t function in some route example Ikotun to Oshodi or Egbeda to Obalende. You cant see BRT routes here

Lets roll

Private Car Owners Spend at least ₦1,500 daily on fuel x 261 working days

Total Cost in a Year = ₦391,500
Ikotun to Ikeja = ₦250 X 261 working days

Ikeja to Ikotun = ₦300 X 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦143,500
Ikotun – Obalende = ₦750 x 261 working days

Obalende to Ikotun = ₦500 x 261 working days (sometimes fare can be ₦700 based on timing)

Total Cost in a year = ₦326,250

Ikotun to Oshodi = ₦200 x 261 working days

Oshodi to Ikotun = ₦250 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦117,450

Egbeda to Oshodi = ₦250 x 261 working days

Oshodi to Egbeda = ₦200 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦117,450

Egbeda to Ikeja = ₦150 x 261 working days (sometimes its ₦200 depending on traffic or crowd i.e if Danfo drivers see a large crowd waiting for buses the higher the money)

Ikeja to Egbeda = ₦200 x 261 working days (sometimes ₦150 or ₦250 due to the timing or rain )

Total Cost in a year = ₦91,350
Iyana-Ipaja – Yaba = ₦300 x 261 working days

Yaba to Iyana-Ipaja = ₦350 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦169,650

Iyana Ipaja to Ikeja = ₦200 x 261 working days (sometimes 250)

Ikeja to Iyana Ipaja = ₦200 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦104,400

Iyana Ipaja to Oshodi = ₦250 x 261 working days (sometimes 300)

Oshodi to Iyana Ipaja = ₦250 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year= ₦130,500

Iyana Ipaja to Lekki/Ajah = ₦700 x 261 working days

Lekki/Ajah to Iyana-Ipaja = ₦700 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦365,400

Ikeja (Maryland) to Yaba = ₦250 x 261 working days

Yaba to Ikeja = ₦200 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦117,450

Ikeja to Oshodi = ₦100 x 261 working days (sometimes 150)

Oshodi to Ikeja = ₦100 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦52,200

Ikeja to Obalende/CMS = ₦300 x 261 working days

Obalende/CMS – Ikeja = ₦250 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦143,550

Oshodi to Obalende/CMS = ₦250 x 261 working days(sometimes changes)

Obalende to Oshodi = ₦200 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦117,450

Oshodi to Ikorodu = ₦250 x 261 working days

Ikorodu to Oshodi = ₦250 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦130,500

Oshodi to Lekki/Ajah = ₦500 x 261 working days

Lekki/Ajah to Oshodi = ₦500 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦261,000

Ketu/Ojota – Oshodi = ₦150 x 261 working days

Oshodi – Ketu/Ojota = ₦100 x 261 working days

Total Cost in a year = ₦65,250

There are places which are known for traffic,  we didn’t add places like Agege, Ikorodu, Mushin (most people living in Mushin do actually come to Oshodi which usually costs ₦50 to board bus to the Island like Lekki, Ajah, Obalende, CMS etc. Oshodi is the Link between Lagos Island and Lagos Mainland other places include Ojota, Ogudu bus stop, 7up etc.

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3rd Mainland Bridge: Roads That Are Likely To Be Congested

It is no news that the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be shut for vehicular movements for 4 days from 12 am 24th August 2018. Lagos is a cosmopolitan city with traffic issues, with traffic issues from trailers, and tankers to cope, traffic in Lagos has been a pain to every motorist. The closure of 3rd Mainland Bridge will have an adverse effect on Lagos roads. The Lagos State Government with all security agencies has advised road users to use other road alternatives like Carter Bridge also known as Eko Bridge, Ikorodu Road among others.

AutoReportNG went to town before the closure of the 3rd Mainland Bridge to access the level of traffic and how the city can fare during these 4 days, during our assessment, we noticed some areas that may be traffic prone for users in these four days.

1. Ikorodu Road

Except a miracle happens midnight and all the tankers and trailers within these roads are relocated, Ikorodu Road may be the worst place to be. With trailers all over the road, they have not only constituted a nuisance to the road, they have divided the road into two, they took the other part of the road while vehicles took the other lane. Now that the 3rd Mainland Bridge will be closed, this road will be heavily packed as this road leads to major road outlets like Ketu, Ojota, Ikeja and those going outside Lagos.

2. Eko Bridge

Eko Bridge will be the best alternative for those who are coming from Island and want to link to the mainland, however, Eko Bridge seems to be faced with three issues, one is traders selling within this area. Traders in Idumota, Balogun, Oke-Arin, Isale Eko block the roads when they are selling, a visit to Idumota during the day will reveal the situation of things to you even with the presence of CBD and LASTMA officials, they seem uncontrollable, also is the case of the danfos that turn the road to their park, going towards Eyin Eyo when climbing the bridge is usually hectic especially areas like Tom Jones, Adeniji among others, except if the LASTMA decided to do a total overhaul of that road, another one aspect to be worried about are the trailers and tankers. The trailers and tankers have taken over roads from Iddo, Ijora Olopa up to Ijora 7up and then to the bridge linking Apapa. With these two issues, they can maneuver from Ijora Olopa to link Costain bridge.

3. Oshodi-Apapa Expressway

This road can best be described as the mother of all traffic in Lagos all thanks to the port, trailers, and tankers in this route. The Oshodi-Apapa Expressway has become practically unmotorable due to the trailers on the road, with the closure of the bridge, this road will be in total mess except for something fast is done on time.

Other roads which may likely be jampacked include, Yaba, Bariga Road, Obalende.

The good thing is that LASTMA, FRSC, RRS and some other security agencies will be on the road to help direct and maintain orderliness on the road.

Advice
Since we all know the road will be blocked, now is the time to encourage our car owners to pack the cars at home and use the Bus Rapid Transit, BRT as this will help to reduce the number of cars on the road.