Tbilisi City Hall may restrict vehicles on select streets to reduce traffic jams
Kaladze said access could be restricted to M3, N2 and N3 category vehicles, and noted his office's initiative to limit large vehicles from public roads between 8am-11am and 5pm-8pm from select road sections of specific areas. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Access for certain vehicle types may be restricted on select roads of Georgia’s capital city on workdays to alleviate traffic jams, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on Wednesday.
Kaladze said access could be restricted to M3, N2 and N3 category vehicles, and noted his office's initiative to limit large vehicles from public roads between 8am-11am and 5pm-8pm from select road sections of specific areas.
He also said the City Hall would be in "close cooperation" with the business sector, including construction companies, in order to “take everyone’s interest into account”.
He said the initiative would come into force in 2024 and only after reaching agreement on the issue with businesses.
Naming traffic jams as one of the most important problems of the city, Kaladze said there would be a "need for more comfortable public transport" in the city and that “everything should be done” for the public to be less dependent on private vehicles.
Tbilisi mayor Kakha Kaladze on Wednesday pledged his body would ensure the “fastest, most accessible and comfortable” public transport and reduced traffic congestion in the capital city, in response to citizens’ worries over recently observed traffic jams and overcrowded public transport.
Smart traffic lights will reduce air pollution and improve traffic incidence response time in the capital Tbilisi city, Tbilisi Deputy Mayor Maia Bitadze said while presenting the Tbilisi Bus Transit Corridor project.
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.
Tbilisi City Hall is doing its best to fix the traffic woes in Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi and has teamed up with an international partner to learn how to tackle the country’s growing traffic problem.
Traffic of high-capacity vehicles will be restricted on select streets in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi during peak hours on workdays to alleviate traffic jams starting January 1, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on Wednesday.