Perils of being a pedestrian on Nairobi roads

Pedestrians cross the Airport North Road off Mombasa Road. [File, Standard

Despite non-motorised transport being the oldest and most common, pedestrians in Nairobi are an endangered lot.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 46 per cent of all human movement in the city is through walking, while 97 per cent of Nairobians use public transport. But save for a few roads like the Thika Superhighway and the Kileleshwa Bypass, city roads have no pedestrian walkways and cycling lanes, more than 100 years since the city came up.