Abstract: Road traffic congestion is a global phenomenon in many cities. Researchers, planners, and policymakers have explained the causes and solutions of road traffic congestion from different perspectives. The objective of this paper is to discuss the reasons why road traffic congestion persists in cities in Ghana and to offer a policy solution to ease the challenge. A review of secondary data was done from both local and foreign literature on road traffic congestion. From it, a proposed...
Key Word: Traffic congestion, Model, Policy decisions, Root causes, Recurrent causes, Non-recurrent causes
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