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Vietnam Metro Passes Acts To Tackle Gridlock

Vietnam Metro Passes Acts To Tackle Gridlock

Ho Chi Minh City approved several plans to curb the burgeoning metropolis’ miasmal traffic problems at a meeting last Saturday.

Officials unanimously passed a proposal to control the opening and closing times of schools and industrial parks in an effort to prevent traffic jams at the beginning and end of the day.

Head of the city’s Department of Transport and Public Works Tran Quang Phuong said the plan would be piloted at every industrial park and several schools and universities in the city beginning October 15.

Phuong said industrial parks and schools nearby each other would be banned from opening or closing within 30 minutes of each other so that large crowds and vehicle jams don’t clog the city at opening and closing times.

Deputy director of the Department of Education and Training’s Nguyen Hoang Chuong said that colleges and universities would begin at 8am while kindergartens and primary schools would open sooner to allow parents enough time to get to work after dropping off their children.

Delegates to the meeting also approved a measure to install cameras around the city to detect traffic law violations.

Additionally, city mayor Le Hoang Quan also asked local agencies to curb rampant street vending that encroaches onto busy streets.

Officials also considered a proposal to halt the construction of new public buildings in crowded areas, fearing that larger buildings in city centers would make for more congested streets.

Several officials suggested that certain streets be off-limits to certain types of vehicles and that others become one-way streets.

There have been 15 traffic jams over 30 minutes-long so far this year, four times the amount than in all of 2006, according to traffic police.

One such jam on August 30 lasted seven hours, said police.

During rush hour, motorbikes and cars travel an average of 8-10 kilometers per hour, according to the police.

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