Kinshasa, a megacity of traffic jams, potholes, transit chaos
Commuters travel on the back of a flat bed truck in Kinshasa, on July 2, 2024. Cable car, urban rail link or ring road -- Kinshasa has big plans for alleviating its traffic chaos but for now travelling into the megacity remains a daily headache for millions of people. PHOTO | AFP
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What you need to know:
The city has 17 million inhabitants across 24 communes but still has no real public transport system and nearly all the passenger vehicles on its roads are privately owned.
