AMMAN —
Minister of Transport Wajih Azaizeh has said that “the
World Bank’s diagnostic report for the public transport sector in Jordan was
consistent with our view.”
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He told
Jordan News that public
transportation in Jordan is suffering from increasing demand. “So we need
organized and safe transportation that serves the Kingdom,” pointing to the
fact that public transport vehicles and existing infrastructure do not serve
people with disabilities, for example.
Azaizeh said that a number of projects
will be launched with the aim of developing the transport sector, but admitted
that lack of funding is the reason for the limited progress.
Azaizeh stressed the importance of
promoting safe and well managed public transportation in order to support
working women and increase their participation in the labor market.
He added that emissions and energy
consumption are among the main challenges facing the transport sector, and “we
need to reach a reduction in carbon emissions, as they reach 37.5 percent while
the transport sector consumes 49 percent of fuel,” adding that Jordan seeks to
expand the use of electric vehicles in public transport.
Economic expert,
Youssef Damra, told
Jordan News that individual ownership of transport licenses in the public
transport sector and the absence of big companies leading it has led to the
sector’s current state, stressing that “we still need a long time to address
this matter, and it will not be easy to modernize public transport.”
Spokesperson of the
Ministry of Transport, Ali Etheibat, told
Jordan News that so far there is no raise
in public transportation fares.
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