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Traffic congestions increase in Hanoi

According to the National Traffic Safety Committee, since 2016, traffic congestion has become more and more frequent and which are on the rise, especially in two Vietnam’s largest cities: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 
 
Traffic congestion on the rise
Traffic congestion on the rise
According to statistics from  Traffic Police  Department under the  Ministry of Public Security, in the first 6 months of this year, 33 cases of long hour congestion have been registered  nationwide. In comparison to the same period in 2016, there was an increase of 8 cases (24.24%).

The main causes of congestion are traffic accidents (22 accidents accounting for 66.7%), crowded commuters (3 cases occupying 9.9%), and other causes such as  fire, landslides (8 cases accounting for 23.4%). Also rush hour high density of traffic flow and slow speed (about 10 – 12km per hour),  activities that encroach road safety corridors, sidewalks, pavements, parking vehicles are  also mentioned as the  causes for local traffic jams.

Furthermore, congestion become usual  when it rains, the streets are partially submerged or construction works occupy the roads. Congestion, indeed, tends to expand even more in Hanoi and  Ho Chi Minh City.
The Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee Khuat Viet Hung said that in order to overcome congestion, the National Traffic Safety Committee has worked  with other ministries, agencies and localities to handle  gridlocks in main roads and urban areas, particularly in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Prime Minister also chaired two sessions with the leaders of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to propose solutions to overcome congestion.

Measures proposed at these meetings include speeding up the construction of key transportation projects, especially urban railways and construction of flyover at  junction. Furthermore, it is important to improve  the means of massive transport and adjust the bus  route and schedule. Also the  Bus of Rapid Transit system needs to be further expanded, for instance the BRT route from Kim Ma to Yen Nghia bus station.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City also drastically adopted the motto "reordering roads and sidewalks".  The two cities have implemented many local anti-congestion measures at clogging intersections.

Currently, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are also prepared to reduce cars and motorbikes ownership  and launch the public bicycle service in  downtown areas.

However, so far in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, there are so  many clogging intersections, many intersections are left without flyovers and  road sections with long-term construction works, or unreasonable traffic flow organization which are making traffic congestions worse.
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