300 more cameras to observe bicycle, bus lines in Tbilisi
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Three hundred smart cameras will be installed over bus lines and bicycle tracks in Tbilisi to record violations and control the speed of vehicles.
Tbilisi Mayor’s Office says that they are working with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia to announce a tender for the purchase of the cameras.
Streets which will be renovated this year will have such cameras, for instance Khizanishvili, Vekua [in the outskirts] and Kandelaki [downtown] streets of Tbilisi,” Mamuka Mumladze form the City Hall stated.
He said that the cameras are being installed on the Shartava and Kostava streets, Robakidze square and Baratashvili Rise in central Tbilisi.
Mumladze stated that a special light signal was installed on Saakadze Square in central Tbilisi, which allows busses to move first.
Such light signals will be installed on the Chavchavadze Square and Kandelaki Street,” Mumladze said.
As of now 19 smart cameras are installed in Tbilisi to control bicycle tracks and bus lines.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced that there are 1,441 cameras installed on the roads of Georgia to prevent road accidents and ensure safety.
A total of 6,654 fines have been issued between 14-17 January in Georgia, following the installation of so-called ‘smart cameras’ which automatically fine drivers that have failed to undergo mandatory vehicle inspection.
Passengers of buses moving in the streets of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi will have access to free Wi-Fi in 2019, announces Tbilisi Transport Company.
A total of 200 smart cameras, which are able to detect license plate numbers, are fully operational in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi starting from July 9, aiming to expose even minor traffic violations.
Municipal buses in Tbilisi will soon also have female drivers. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said at a city hall session today that 21 women have been trained and received category D driver’s licenses.
6,608 individuals have been killed and up to 85,946 received injuries in Georgia in road accidents over the past ten years, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says.
Patrol Police in Georgia will be equipped with portable plate number detectors in order to identify high-risk drivers, Deputy Interior Minister Nino Javakhadze told Imedi TV.
Deaths caused by traffic accidents across Georgia have decreased by 22.6 percent in March while the number of accidents themselves also went down, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia reported on Friday.
New Isuzu eight-meter length buses will appear this year in Tbilisi, Mayor Kakha Kaladze said at the Tbilisi government session today.
Applicants will soon be able to pass online registration for driver’s license theory test starting May 20, 2019.
Six Georgian towns — Kutaisi, Gori, Telavi, Zugdidi, Rustavi and Poti — will receive 100 new modern diesel (Euro 5) buses. The buses will be given to the towns as part of the Urban Transport Enhancement Programme of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The most common traffic violation in Georgia in April-June 2019 is improper parking, data published today by the Georgian Interior Ministry reads. The ministry reports that many drivers continue to drive and talk on the phone at the same time, which is also a threat to traffic safety.
3,764 road accidents have been reported in Georgia between January and August 2019, with 314 killed and 5,212 injured, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Tbilisi City Hall will purchase 100 more new buses in 2020, Mayor Kakha Kaladze said at a Tbilisi city government session today.
Five minors, 17-year-old boys, have died in a road accident in the Mtirala Park of Adjara region, in western Georgia earlier today.
Those applying for driving licences in Georgia will pass a two-stage practical part of the test starting today, the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced.