Editing Transport in Kenya (section)

== Roads ==
According to the Kenya Roads Board, Kenya has {{convert|160886|km}} of [[List of roads in Kenya|roads]].

===Classification===
They are currently classified into the following categories:<ref name="krrclass">{{cite web| url= http://www.krb.go.ke/index.php/classification | title= Road Network Classification| publisher= Kenya Roads Board| access-date=2 May 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"1200
|-
!Class!!Description!!Purpose!!Roads!!Paved!!Unpaved!!Total (in km)
|-
|A||International Trunk Roads||Link centres of international importance and cross international boundaries or terminate at international ports or airports.||[[A1 road (Kenya)|A1]], [[A2 road (Kenya)|A2]], [[A3 road (Kenya)|A3]], [[A4 road (Kenya)|A4]], [[A14 road (Kenya)|A14]], [[A23 road (Kenya)|A23]], [[A104 road (Kenya)|A104]], [[A109 road (Kenya)|A109]]||2,772||816||3,588
|-
|B||National Trunk Roads||Link nationally important centres (e.g. Provincial headquarters).||[[B1 road (Kenya)|B1]], [[B3 road (Kenya)|B3]], [[B8 road (Kenya)|B8]]||1,489||1,156||2,645
|-
|C||Primary Roads||Link provincially important centres to each other or to higher class roads (e.g. District headquarters).||C107, C111, C115 ||2,693||5,164||7,857
|-
|D||Secondary Roads||Link locally important centres to each other, or to more important centres or to a higher class road (e.g. divisional headquarters).|| ||1,238||9,483||10,721
|-
|E||Minor Roads||Any link to a minor centre.|| ||577||26,071||26,649
|-
|SPR||Special Purpose Roads||Government Roads (G)<br/>Settlement Roads (L)<br/>Rural Access Roads (R)<br/>Sugar Roads (S)<br/>Tea Roads (T)<br/>Wheat Roads (W)|| ||100||10,376||10,476
|-
|U||Unclassified Roads||All other public roads and streets|| ||2,318||96,623||98,941
|-
|All||Total||All public roads and streets|| ||11,187||149,689||160,876
|}

===Bus transport===
[[File:Nairobi Public Transport.jpg|thumb|250px|Kenya Bus Services, [[Nairobi]].]]
There are around 100,000 [[matatu]]s ([[minibus]]es), which constitute the bulk of the country's public transport system.

Once the largest bus company in Kenya, [[Kenya Bus Services]], ran into financial difficulties, forcing them to reduce the number of buses operated. They are currently operating minibuses within Nairobi city, although new, smaller, city buses offering passengers higher standards of comfort and safety have been introduced on some inner-city routes.

Coast Bus, the oldest bus operator in Kenya, runs a day and night service between Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa. Ascott operates minivans offering shuttle service between Nairobi and [[Kisii County|Kisii]]; they offer snacks on board. The Guardian bus co. Ltd, a private company which runs the Guardian Bus service, operates day and night passenger bus and courier services to a number of destinations in Western Kenya.

Other bus companies in Kenya include Modern Coast, Nyamira Express, Otange, MASH, Vanga, Simba coach, Xenon dreamline, Messina, MAslah, Amani coaches, west coaches, Horizon, 2nk sacco, Chania Comfort, chania genesis, parrot line, x calibur and Crown Bus but there are a number of other companies which offer inter-city services such as Eldoret Express,Kawere, Climax, Greenline, Western Express, Mbukinya, Kalita Coaches and Palmdam.There also number of shuttle companies operating van to western Kenya such as Sasaline, Blueline, Classic, Khukhu, Royal Rift, Transline msafiri, Transline classic, Premium shuttles, Nyanza shuttle, North Rift, Molo Line and Mash Poa.Taxedo

===Regulation and Enforcement===
In February 2004 the Ministry of Transport '''in Kenya''' introduced new regulations governing the operation of Matatus. These regulations (famously referred to as "Michuki Rules") include: the compulsory fitting of [[safety belt]]s and [[speed governor]]s. In addition, standing on matatus was banned. As a result of these regulations, many matatus were taken off the road, which caused great disruption to public transport, forcing many people to walk to work. Now the situation has stabilised, and the new regulations have resulted in a great reduction of the number of people killed and injured in accidents. Due to lax enforcement after the initial push, the number of deaths in road accidents had increased in recent years.

On 1 December 2012 the government will begin to enforce the recently amended traffic act which has significantly increased the penalties for offences. [[Matatu]] operators have protested the move through strike action.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/1632574/-/x9nne6z/-/index.html|title=Commuters stranded as matatus strike|website=nation.co.ke}}</ref>

=== International highways ===
Two routes in the [[Trans-African Highway]] network pass through [[Kenya]] and the capital, [[Nairobi]]:
* The [[Cairo-Cape Town Highway]], Trans-African Highway 4, linking North Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. From Nairobi southwards this is one of the most heavily used routes in the network, and includes one of the longest complete paved sections. However, it still has missing links to the north and it is not practical to travel to Cairo without off-road vehicles. This part will be completed as part of the [[LAPSSET]] project.
* The [[Lagos-Mombasa Highway]], Trans-African Highway 8, links East Africa and West Africa. It is only complete between the [[Ugandan]]–[[DR Congo]] border and Mombasa, linking the [[African Great Lakes]] region to the sea. It is also named the 'Trans-African Highway'.