In the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019), from the total of 17,183 road fatalities recorded in the country, close to 21.8% were motorcyclists, Iranian Legal Medicine Organization reports…
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As part of efforts to renovate the aging transportation network of Tehran, 13 buses and 117 minibuses were added to its public transportation fleet on Tuesday. Unveiled by Tehran Mayor Pirouz…
Over four million smog-inducing vehicles and dilapidated two-wheelers were fined in the last fiscal year (ended March 20, 2019) in Tehran for violating the Air Pollution Reduction scheme, the…
Reckless motorists who repeatedly violate traffic rules in Tehran will have to pass a mandatory training course on driving and traffic rules. This is part of a new measure undertaken by Tehran…
As is the case in almost all Iranian metropolises, Qom has its fair share of smog-inducing and dilapidated public transportation vehicles. Abbas Zakerian, director of Transportation and Traffic…
Tehran Municipality has launched sightseeing tours in and around Sorkheh Hesar National Park in east Tehran to promote tourism in the area. An electric open-sided minibus, with a capacity of 15…
Tehran Municipality has launched a new bike lane in the capital's District 7 in line with its program for promoting eco-friendly transportation. This brings the number of biking lanes in…
Tehran’s subway network is to expand in four new directions after the under-construction lines are completed, a municipal authority said.
Motorcycle and Automobile Club of Aras Free Trade Industrial Zone (AFZ) is to host a 400-meter drag racing event at the zone on June 6-7. Due to the large variety of vehicle classes in…
The number of deaths in road accidents during Norouz, the Iranian New Year holiday season (March 21-April 2), fortunately dropped compared with the same period of last year. Statistics released…
The recent economic headwinds facing the country have put an end to a state-backed scheme to renovate Iran's intercity bus fleet, the head of Iran's Intercity Transportation Union says.…
The completion of lines 6 and 7 of Tehran’s subway network will cost 67 trillion rials ($478 million), CEO of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company says. In a talk with YJC, Ali Emam added…
Children under 10 years constitute 13% of road traffic fatalities in Iran, the national Traffic Police chief said. General Kamal Hadianfar added that fatal car crashes claim an average of 46…
A Tehran city councilor voiced his opposition to the import of secondhand buses, which has been proposed as an option to renovate the aging transportation fleet in the capital.
The eastern flank of Tehran Metro’s Line 7 will become operational in the current Iranian year (started March 21), CEO of Tehran Metro Group says.
As per a mandate issued by Tehran’s mayor, part of the money collected from traffic fines is to be spent on the expansion of the capital’s public transportation system. Tehran Mayor Pirouz…
In line with efforts to renovate public transportation fleet in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2019), 4,000 vehicles have been phased out in Mashhad, the central city of Khorasan Razavi…
An under-construction subway line in Alborz Province, west of Tehran, will reach the province's western flank at Hashtgerd New Town in a few months, a deputy roads minister said.
With the start of the fasting month of Ramadan (May 7), timings of Tehran’s traffic schemes have been changed. Brigadier General Mohammad Razeqi, a senior official with Tehran Traffic Police,…
Data released by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization present a worrisome picture of road fatalities. Over 17,000 people lost their lives in road mishaps in the last fiscal year (ended…
Bus, metro and taxi fares in the capital have gone up by 20% after Tehran City Council approved the new rates in a meeting on Sunday. Tehran Taxi Organization Chief Alireza Qannadan said the…
Taxi fares will increase in the capital after the Tehran City Council approves the new rates, head of Iran Taxi Union Morteza Zameni said. As is the norm, Tehran Municipality every year…
Seven stations along east Tehran metro Line 7 will open by mid-September, CEO of Tehran Metro Group said. The 27 km line, which connects the northwest to the southeastern regions, is…
Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Institute, affiliated to the Agriculture Ministry, had warned Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization about the disastrous…
Traffic accidents are responsible for almost 30% of deaths among young people, the Ministry of Health announced. Hamed Barakati, an authority with the ministry says among the factors claiming…
