In order to reduce traffic jams in Yerevan, certain restrictions will be set for passenger cars. Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan informed about this at the session of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on June 12, while reporting on the mayor’s work.

According to the mayor, the first and main reason for traffic jams is economic growth, which in turn has led to a sharp increase in the number of cars, writes CivilNet.

“No matter how much we increase public transport in the city of Yerevan, which we have continuously implemented over the years, public transport cannot work according to its schedule if we do not have a limit for passenger cars,” Avinyan said.

He emphasized that “certain restrictions should be introduced for cars” and they should be replaced by separate, complete routes of public transport. According to the mayor, such a program will be implemented in Yerevan, as in all European cities, but already on the basis of concrete figures.

According to Avinyan, the decisions will be based on the work of the Yerevan Traffic Management Center. this institution was created to implement digital solutions and perform analysis. The mayor noted that the center has already started to give concrete results and is currently in the tender stage. a pilot program is being implemented, which will measure the flow of cars at the entrances of the capital. Based on these calculations, the program of changes will be presented during the year.

The mayor explained that as a result of the pilot program, they will have a clear picture of how many cars are currently entering Yerevan, what amount of parking spaces should be created at the entrances of the city and in which parts of the city, what types of restrictions will be introduced for passenger cars, and through which parts the separate bus and trolley lines will pass.

“We hope that we will have the preliminary image in September-October, and we will implement it in 2027,” said Avinyan.

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