72 lines in Baghdad alone... opens the file of public transportation in Iraq

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[size=52]72 lines in Baghdad alone... opens the file of public transportation in Iraq[/size]

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04/05/2024
The Iraqi government seeks to implement an integrated public transportation program starting in Baghdad and then the rest of the governorates, which includes the establishment of a “metro,” “tram,” buses, and river lines, in an attempt to eliminate the crisis of traffic congestion in the capital.[/size]
[size=45]Baghdad and major major cities suffer from stifling traffic congestion, especially during peak hours at the beginning and end of work, which prompted the government to change working hours and build a number of new bridges and tunnels, to alleviate congestion in the streets.[/size]
[size=45]Yesterday evening, Wednesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani opened the Cordoba Intersection Bridge in Al-Bab Al-Sharqi in central Baghdad, which is one of the projects of the first package to relieve traffic congestion, which was completed within 200 working days, according to a brief statement by the Prime Minister’s Media Office.[/size]
[size=45]However, on its first day, yesterday, Thursday, the Cordoba Bridge was filled with many cars and did not solve the suffocating traffic crisis, according to what was monitored.[/size]
[size=45]Early daily race[/size]
[size=45]The people of Baghdad rush their steps every morning, as they race against time to reach their jobs and businesses, and their main concern is searching for the right time in the early morning hours, in which they escape from the crowds of streets crowded with cars.[/size]
[size=45]It has become known to the people of the capital and those arriving to it that the crowds begin early in the morning every day, subside a little hours later, and then return to being choked with cars, which now number in the millions, at midday, and remain as they are until midnight.[/size]
[size=45]Seven million cars[/size]
[size=45]In previous statements, the General Traffic Directorate confirmed that the number of cars in Iraq - excluding the Kurdistan Region - amounted to more than seven million cars, and the capital, Baghdad, had the largest share, as it recorded the presence of four million cars on its streets.[/size]
[size=45]Great program[/size]
[size=45]To address this, the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Transport Affairs, Nasser Al-Asadi, announced, “There is a program and plan to develop the public transportation system that begins in Baghdad and then in the rest of the governorates, and what is happening now is a matter of simple paragraphs until we reach the complete restructuring of public transportation.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Asadi added to Shafaq News Agency, “This major program is currently being implemented, and will take accelerated steps for the purpose of creating the best public transportation network in Baghdad,” indicating that “this major program is in the stages of finalizing the locations of the mass transportation lines in Baghdad. “The provinces have a lesser problem than the capital.”[/size]
[size=45]He explained, “The largest part of this program will be in Baghdad due to its large area, dense population, and complexity of the transportation network, where the metro, public buses, private transportation, rivers, and trams will be established, and this will solve the crowding crisis by more than half.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, “As for the governorates, their situation is better. Despite this, there are studies for each governorate and what it needs from a metro, monorail system, or simple transportation system is being evaluated.”[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that “a line has been organized in Anbar and attempts are underway in the rest of the governorates. As for Karbala and Najaf, they have their own privacy and there is a high-speed train project to accommodate the number of visitors there, since the transportation systems are not sufficient for those crowds, and there is a study to rehabilitate transportation within these cities.”[/size]
[size=45]72 transportation lines in Baghdad[/size]
[size=45]For his part, the Director of Relations and Media at the Ministry of Transport, Maytham Al-Safi, said, “The Ministry has begun implementing mass transportation in Baghdad since last year by opening 24 lines on the Karkh and Rusafa sides, and 4 lines during the year 2024, the last of which was the Bismayah city line, and with this it will be The total number of lines opened in Baghdad is 28 out of 72 lines planned to be opened in the capital.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Safi stated, “The number of Ministry of Transport buses currently activated throughout Iraq is 185 buses, and there are more than 500 buses of the General Company for Travelers and Delegations, all of which are ready to be activated anywhere.”[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that “in the next few days there will be the opening of many lines, and the focus will be on densely populated cities, most notably the cities of Al-Sadr and Al-Shuala and others with high population density.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "This is part of a comprehensive mass transit project that includes other government projects. This project was welcomed by the governorates, some of which proposed special routes for mass transit buses."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Safi pointed out that “there have been letters to some ministries, governmental and non-governmental institutions to provide them with a number of buses to transport their employees to and from their place of residence to reduce traffic congestion in Baghdad, and this issue has also been presented to some governorates as well.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “there are initiatives by the General Company for the Management of Travelers and Delegations to contract with a number of colleges and universities in the governorates of Nineveh, Anbar, and Salah al-Din, and the next lines will be in Dhi Qar Governorate, and that all governorates are included in mass transportation, but infrastructure must be provided for these projects in the beginning.”[/size]
[size=45]Citizens' commitment[/size]
[size=45]However, the economic expert, Ali Abdel Kazem, noted during his talk to Shafaq News Agency, that “increasing public transportation is good if employees are obligated to use public transportation, and in this case it may relieve a large part of the crowding that occurs, especially during peak times at the beginning and end of work.” “There are more than four million employees in the country, and it will also reduce the costs of gasoline, the prices of which were recently raised.”[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Council of Ministers decided to increase the price of improved gasoline from 650 thousand dinars per liter to 850 dinars per liter, and premium gasoline from 1000 dinars to 1250 dinars per liter, as of next May 1, within the framework of a broad plan taken by the government to reduce crowding. Traffic.[/size]
[size=45]At the same session, he decided to change the official working hours in ministries and state institutions to get rid of the same crisis that has been continuing in the country for many years.[/size]
[size=45]The decision included the start of official working hours for government departments in the Green Zone and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Agriculture, Water Resources, Environment, Immigration and Displacement, Communications, Youth and Sports, Culture, Industry and Minerals, the Central Bank of Iraq, the Federal Financial Supervision Bureau, the Municipality of Baghdad, and the Civil Aviation Authority. ), at seven in the morning and ends at two in the afternoon.[/size]
[size=45]The official working hours for the three presidencies and the Ministries of Interior, Defense, Health, Finance, Electricity, Justice, Labor and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Education and all associated schools and institutes begin at eight in the morning, or according to the duties assigned to them by service and security departments and institutions, and end at three in the afternoon. .[/size]
[size=45]As for the ministries of (higher education and scientific research, transportation, trade, construction, housing, municipalities, public works, and oil) and (the Shiite and Sunni endowment offices, the institutions of martyrs and political prisoners, the Supreme Authority for Hajj and Umrah, and the State Council, with the rest of the other bodies not mentioned), the working hours are It begins at nine in the morning and ends at four in the afternoon, with the official working hours for all public and private universities and colleges starting at ten in the morning.[/size]
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