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Ban on motorbikes are becoming more common throughout African cities. In Addis Ababa, Lagos and Douala these policies have gone into effect and have begun to change the daily life of the denizens of these major urban metropolitan centers. At the core of the debate there is an argument about urbanization policies in modern African cities. The failure by local authorities to implement viable urbanization plans have left people to fend for themselves. The bikes as a method of transportation are just a manifestation of these failures.