Today, the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, reviewed a presentation on improving transport management and preventing traffic congestion in Tashkent, reports the Dunyo News Agency.

According to the press service of the head of state, significant progress has been made in recent years in developing public transport in the capital. The bus fleet has doubled, reaching nearly 1,900 vehicles, and the service interval has been reduced from 30 to 15 minutes. Daily passenger traffic has reached 1.4 million people.

The total length of the metro lines, both underground and elevated, has increased to 70.5 km, and the number of stations has grown from 29 to 50. The metro serves 900,000 passengers daily.

The scope of technical work for traffic organization on city streets has also expanded: 2,870 signs were replaced, 2,770 new signs installed, along with 55 traffic lights.

However, population growth and the increase in vehicles, along with economic activity in the city, have significantly increased the load on transport infrastructure. Traffic on major thoroughfares has doubled in recent years, and congestion rated at 7-8 points has become common. The share of public transport usage still lags behind private car trips, which also affects the environmental situation.

International practice shows that the most effective method for traffic management is the Intelligent Transport System (ITS), which allows centralized, real-time monitoring, analysis, and planning of urban traffic.

During the presentation, it was proposed to create a unified Traffic Management Center in Tashkent to implement such a system.

The center will handle analysis and modeling of vehicle and pedestrian flows, implementation and management of the ITS, development and execution of a transport master plan, organization of city parking, infrastructure for electric vehicle charging, and promotion of individual mobility solutions.

The center will act as the operator of the ITS. The platform will use artificial intelligence to analyze data collected from cameras, sensors, and GPS devices, providing statistics, predicting traffic jams, optimizing routes, adaptively controlling traffic lights, and alerting emergency services in case of accidents.

The system is expected to reduce average travel time, improve emergency response times, and decrease congestion and accidents on major roads.

The President approved the proposals and ordered to launch a pilot project this year, expand it in the coming years, and integrate it across the regions by 2030.