(Dis)Connected Moris
Road networks and their users tend to offer a reliable gauge for the relative strength of the rule of law and the civic sense of residents anywhere in the world. Further insights may also capture the actual competence of authorities to provide solutions to drawbacks. The Terre Rouge-Bois Marchand nexus on the dual carriageway for instance reveals how, through decades of self-absorption, bat-bate has permeated our DNA. As if the third round about (Jin Fei) did not serve enough in slowing further the traffic, recently, instead of pondering the reasons behind the reluctance of pedestrians to use the footbridges and nudge them towards the revamped facilities, a zebra crossing was introduced. Worse, two policemen were posted to guide pedestrians into making the most of it. Arguably a case of world-beater in lazy thinking, problem displacement and how not to harness human capital. We are already a global laggard in terms of overall logistics. 115th precisely (out of 160) in the 2014