Those who spoke to Nairobi News said they were caught unaware by the test run.
There were no connecting buses as passengers had to walk from the terminus to their various destinations, with a traffic snarl-up stretching from Haile Selassie roundabout to Community area.
“I have a child and I have to go to Parklands, how would I get there?” a frustrated passenger wondered.
Commuters walk after alighting from matatus during the Green Park Terminal test run by NMS on Tuesday April 27, 2021. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO
Another commuter said that it was good a gesture but they should have provided connecting buses, especially for pregnant women, the old or persons with disability.
Matatus are parked at the Globe Cinema roundabout on August 9, 2018. PHOTO | FILE
The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has identified the Globe Cinema roundabout for use as a bus terminus to aid in relocating matatus from the central business district (CBD).
The land has been acting as a holding zone for public service vehicles from the Mt Kenya and North Rift regions.
Matatus plying Juja Road and the Thika superhighway will use the new terminus and will join six others already under construction Green Park, Desai Road, Park Road, Fig Tree, Muthurwa, and Bunyala/Workshop roads.
Last October, City Hall announced that public service vehicles (PSVs) using the Khoja/Old Mutual terminus were to be relocated to the Globe roundabout. The matatus were blamed for traffic snarl-ups, as were the vehicles accessing the city centre through the Globe flyover.