AMMAN — One in six people owned a vehicle in
Jordan by the end of 2020, a recent report by the
Public Security Directorate (PSD) said, up from one in 58 people in 1971.
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The annual report on traffic accidents for the year 2020, brought to the
forefront discussions on Jordan’s growing problem of traffic jams and the
rising need for an effective public transportation system, just as the first
phase of the
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project began operations on July 27, 11
years after construction works for the project began.
MP Hussein Al-Harasis, head of the Lower House’s Labor, Social Development
and Population Committee, told
Jordan News that this large increase in
vehicle ownership in the Kingdom highlights the lack of a proper public transportation
system.
Harasis noted that the Kingdom has good infrastructure, but it needs development.
"The roads are suitable, but the problem is in the entire
transportation network. If we compare the whole scene with 1971, there has been
no development since then. If the transportation network develops, the culture
of people regarding vehicle ownership will change," the representative
said.
The deputy said that a comprehensive developed transportation system cannot
be limited to a single project without supporting tools.
“My suggestion is to create an integrated transportation system. I do not
think that the BRT will solve the problem of the traffic crisis, because it
needs to be supported. For example, there are no car parking at the stations
and there is no transportation mechanism between parking lots and residential
neighborhoods,” Harasis explained.
The MP stressed the efforts of the Lower House regarding Jordan’s traffic
problem, and said that the representatives are constantly in discussions with
the government and the Greater Amman Municipality over prioritizing this issue.
Car ownership rates have been on a steady rise, with the PSD traffic report
showed similar statistics for the number of cars in relation to the population
in 2019.
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