AESTHETIC ENVIRONMENT: EFFECTS OF PARKING REGULATIONS AND CULTURE IN IBADAN, OYO STATE

Abstract

Lack of knowledge of Oyo State traffic management regulations by many road users in the State has led to underutilization and mismanagement of road infrastructures. This inappropriate usage has been resulted into traffic hold ups, economic loss and distortion of aesthetic view of city of Ibadan. This work therefore reviewed Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority Law 2009 (OYRTMAL 2009) and other learned materials that regulate vehicular parking on the road in the State. Traffic Signs and Markings 03, Miscellaneous Traffic Fines 07, Miscellaneous Traffic Fines 10 and Miscellaneous Traffic Fines 11 of the OYRTMAL 2009 and discretional cultural parking were perused and explanations offered for better understanding and maximum exploitation of road infrastructures in the State. It is believed that observations of insights offered by this work will bring about safe and free traffic environment, aesthetic portray of the city and economic prosperity.