Four hours of traffic jams between Itaosy and Ampasika. A day or more on the RN 2 where everyone must endure the whims of truck drivers daily. It goes without saying that the exit is narrowing more and more for road users. And it is going from bad to worse with the boom in sales of motorcycles, bajajs, trucks, and buses, not to mention the bicycles that weave through this infernal scene.
Is there still a solution? For the moment, we see no way out given that the situation is the same everywhere, rush hour or not. In Anosizato, the fly-over construction is progressing, but by the time it is finished, the number of vehicles in circulation risks tripling at the rate two-wheelers are being used.
Yes, motorcycles completely obstruct the flow, whether in Anosizato, Itaosy, or Ampasika. A surreal image. As soon as traffic opens, a swarm of motorcycles smothers everything else like a cloud of smoke that blocks all vision for the rest.
Drastic measures must be taken by limiting the importation of motorcycles and bajajs to save what can still be saved. This would be a deviation from the market economy governed by the law of supply and demand. Thus, while everyone thinks the motorcycle is the antidote to traffic jams, it has become the main factor in blockages due to the exponential number of motorcycles and, above all, the indiscipline of drivers.
Antananarivo is suffocating, and it is no surprise that the city is increasingly polluted, not only by bush fires but also by the number of vehicles in circulation, a large part of which are more dangerous than the chimneys of large factories.
It is now that we realize that in a few years, if not already, Antananarivo will be a city where entering and leaving becomes complicated, if not hypothetical. We risk sleeping in the street and returning the next morning or the day after. The creation of a new city was not a whim after all. The idea was even visionary, but it was poorly received and dismissed as mere politics.
We must find a new space to relieve the capital of its overflow of inhabitants, its overflow of bandits, and its overflow of polluting businesses. Leaving things to the market economy is no longer the best option. There comes a time when one must make tough decisions. The CUA (Urban Commune of Antananarivo) is cleaning up the city, and if force is the only option to achieve results, it must be adopted.
Captured & Published at: 2026-10-25 23:38:33 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
Original Source: https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/10/tete-queue.html