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January 13,2021
Half of January has passed and air pollution charts continue to see “Red” on all days in Tehran, as the concentration of toxins hits worrying levels and officials drag their feet.
Air Quality...
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January 11,2021
The National Coronavirus Headquarters is planning a deal to exchange oil for new buses to streamline the ramshackle public transportation network by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20),...
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January 06,2021
With air pollution hovering above emergency levels in Tehran amid news of widespread low-quality mazut use in power stations, bureaucrats are scapegoating the public and waging blame games.
Iran’s...
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January 02,2021
Tehran has been suffocating under a blanket of smog over the past several days, as urban managers faced the public ire over their inaction.
In a meeting held on Friday, Abdolreza Cheraghali a...
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December 30,2020
Iran’s road accident death count has declined by 14% in the eight months ending Nov. 20, as Covid-19 has curbed road travels.
Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization reveal that...
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December 28,2020
Since the Iranian outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in February, the country’s taxi fleet has incurred a heavy loss of 8.26 trillion rials ($32.11 million), a deputy head of Iran Taxi Union declared...
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December 26,2020
The subway system in Karaj, the provincial center of Alborz Province, will start partial operation in six months, the chief of Tehran City Council said.
Mohsen Hashemi added that 90% of the first...
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December 16,2020
Urban managers are rushing ahead with plans to push the development of subway lines of Shiraz and the Iranian capital Tehran, to improve mobility options and curb air pollution.
In Shiraz, the...
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December 15,2020
Replacing carbureted two-wheelers with electric motorcycles is one of the initiatives pursued by Iranian urban managers, as providing eco-friendly and efficient transportation has become a real...
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December 13,2020
Tehran Bus Company and the Industries Ministry have reached an agreement to restore 1,000 dilapidated urban buses under a long-term scheme.
Mahmoud Tarfa, the head of TBC, told reporters that the...
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December 07,2020
In the next fiscal year (starting March 2021), Tehran Municipality will receive 17.5 trillion rials ($67.3 million) for streamlining the metropolis’s public transportation, almost half the amount...
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December 02,2020
Air quality monitoring stations around the capital city show residents took an easier breath in November compared with the corresponding month of 2019.
Based on data published by Tehran Air...
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November 30,2020
Over a third of wagons in Tehran’s subway system needs to be overhauled, otherwise their technical faults might disrupt operations sooner or later, an official with Tehran Municipality said....
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November 24,2020
A rising number of citizens in Iranian metropolises are switching to cycling as a clean, healthy and safe means of transportation, especially since the coronavirus outbreak in Iran in February.
In...
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November 22,2020
The expansion of the Iranian capital city’s subway network is a challenging task for urban managers, who are struggling to secure financial resources to accomplish the same.
According to Ali Emam...
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November 17,2020
Iran’s road accident death rate has declined by almost 16%, as Covid-19 has curbed land-based travel.
Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization reveal that 7,891 people lost their...
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November 17,2020
Iran’s tourist arrivals saw a decline of 72% in the first eight months of 2020, according to the latest data of World Tourism Organization.
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November 15,2020
The Supreme Civil Aviation Council approved a 10% rise in the ticket prices of domestic flights compared with prices set by the Association of Iranian Airlines in the month ending June 20.
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November 15,2020
Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport has focused on tapping into new sources of revenue to cover expenses and overcome financial hardships resulting from the outbreak of Covid-19 in the...
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November 15,2020
A subway development project in Karaj, the central city of Alborz Province, is in progress and two stations will be launched by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2021).
According to Ali...
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November 11,2020
Iran’s ailing public transportation will soon get a boost with 5,000 dilapidated buses being overhauled in 68 cities, the deputy head of Plan and Budget Organization said.
During a Tuesday meeting...
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November 09,2020
Public means of transportation is a hotbed of Covid-19 transmission, especially in major cities like Tehran, and immediate action must be taken before it gets too late, the head of Tehran City...
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November 04,2020
The Iranian capital’s residents inhaled more polluted air in October compared with the same period of last year, data from Tehran Municipality show.
Charts regularly published by Tehran Air...
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October 28,2020
Tehran Municipality’s investment organization will inject non-cash resources worth 22 trillion rials ($76.65 million) to boost the construction of Tehran Metro’s Line 10.
Shokrollah Banar, the...
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October 19,2020
Tehran’s ailing public transportation will soon get a boost with hundreds of new buses and minibuses joining the fleet, Tehran Municipality’s deputy director for traffic and transportation affairs...