برچسب Public Transport

Covid Protocol Costs Tehran Public Transport $4m Monthly

EghtesadOnline: Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February 2020, Tehran’s public transportation system has incurred an additional monthly expense of over 1 trillion rials ($3.97 million) per month for observing the health protocols.
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Publish Date:07/March/2021 | 17:31

Public Transport Overhaul to Start

EghtesadOnline: The scheme to streamline Iran’s public transportation will be launched soon, based on a deal to overhaul age-old buses and taxis in metropolises, a deputy interior minister said.
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Publish Date:14/February/2021 | 13:43

25% Rise in Tehran Public Transport Fares Next Fiscal Year

EghtesadOnline: Public transportation fares for metro, bus, taxi and minibus will see a 25% rise in the next Iranian year (starting March 20), as per the approval of Tehran City Council on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:07/March/2020 | 06:47

Gas Price Rise Makes Road Transport More Attractive

EghtesadOnline: The number of passengers using road-based public transport services has increased to 100 million in the nine Iranian months ending Dec. 21 from 92 million during last year’s corresponding period, says an official with Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization.
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Publish Date:11/January/2020 | 24:51

Public Transport Expansion Poses Funding Challenges

EghtesadOnline: Public transportation expansion projects have become a challenging task for managers in Iranian metropolises because of rising demand on the government’s budget.
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Publish Date:29/December/2019 | 11:52

Time to Fix Tehran’s Ailing Public Transport

EghtesadOnline: Tehran's urban transportation infrastructure is in dire need of expansion to meet growing demand, chairman of Tehran City Council said.
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Publish Date:26/November/2019 | 11:10

Tehran, Qom Investing in Public Transport Expansion

EghtesadOnline: Major Iranian metropolises are making efforts to boost public transport services by expanding bus and taxi fleets and investing in subway projects.
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Publish Date:30/September/2019 | 24:03

$105m for Expanding Tehran Public Transport

EghtesadOnline: Tehran Municipality has signed an agreement with Omid Entrepreneurship Fund to allocate 12.5 trillion rials ($105 million) in cheap loans for the expansion of public transportation system in the capital.
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Publish Date:20/July/2019 | 10:37

East Azarbaijan Public Transport Decrepit

EghtesadOnline: On average, vehicles used for public transportation in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan are over two decades old and do not meet safety standards, head of the local Public Transport ation Guild said.
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Publish Date:23/December/2018 | 15:37

Tehran Public Transport Gets a Shot in the Arm

EghtesadOnline: Tehran Bus Company and the Industries Ministry have reached an agreement to restore 1,000 dilapidated urban buses under a long-term scheme.
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Publish Date:13/December/2020 | 18:04

Covid-19 Pushes Tehran Public Transport Toward Bankruptcy

EghtesadOnline: Economic constraints and Covid-19 have taken a toll on Tehran public transportation, as they push the sector to the verge of bankruptcy, the head of Tehran City Council’s Transportation Commission said.
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Publish Date:18/October/2020 | 13:55

Covid-19 Takes a $69m Toll on Iran’s Public Transport Fleet

EghtesadOnline: Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February, the country’s public transportation system has incurred a massive loss of over 20 trillion rials ($68.6 million), an official with Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization declared.
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Publish Date:27/September/2020 | 11:40

Iran Oil Company Invests in Upgrading Public Transport

EghtesadOnline: Over 20,700 gasoline-powered public transport and commercial vehicles have so far been converted into compressed natural gas hybrids, as per the nationwide scheme initiated by the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company in late May.
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Publish Date:13/September/2020 | 24:01

Tehran Virus Resurgence and Public Transport Conundrum

EghtesadOnline: The number of Covid-19 infections in the capital city of Tehran has hit an emergency level in the past several days, while a large number of residents commute to work using public means of transportation such as buses and the subway.
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Publish Date:16/July/2020 | 11:08

Public Transport Problems and Tehran’s All-Pervasive Smog

EghtesadOnline: The inefficient public transportation network in the Iranian capital has been repeatedly blamed for exacerbating Tehran’s suffocating air pollution, which recently hit the emergency level.
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Publish Date:21/December/2019 | 24:23