A public transport service will be launched this week in the Libyan capital Tripoli using 35 modern buses painted white and blue and equipped with Internet and air conditioning, within the city bus project, for the first time in three decades.
The Libyan public transport company Arrow, which leads the project, serves more than two million people and seeks to revive the culture of public transport within the capital Tripoli in order to reduce congestion and ease the burdens of the government in subsidizing fuel, which consumes billions annually.
The project is aimed at restoring the public transport service in Tripoli to ease the burdens of its absence and is aimed at the most used working class for transportation, and will contribute to reducing chronic congestion during the peak period.
"The project will significantly contribute to alleviating the government in the process of fuel subsidies, which cost the public treasury billions every year. Tripoli was chosen to implement the first phase of the project because it includes more than one third of the population of Libya, and the infrastructure of the main roads is not without problems Very large".
The project will be implemented in the coming days with 20 routes and 35 buses as a first stage. It covers the area between Janzour city (15 km west) and Tajoura (10 km east) to the airport road (25 km south).
According to government statistics, the number of motor vehicles registered in Libya exceeded 4.5 million vehicles by the end of March, including 3 million in the capital Tripoli.
Libya ranks first in the world in traffic accidents, compared to a population of just over six million.
The number of accidents last year reached 4115 and the victims were 5668 of whom 2500 people died, while financial losses amounted to 29 million dinars (21 million dollars), according to figures of the General Directorate of Traffic and Licenses in Libya.