Ideas to solve Yangon’s worsening congestion crisis include stopping public buses from waiting for long periods at stops, banning trishaws from main roads and adding traffic police.
These initiatives, and many others, will be discussed at the Yangon Regional parliament on May 26, after a proposal to hold dialogue was submitted this week, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported.
At the second regular meeting of the parliament this week MP Kyaw Kyaw Htun from Hlaing Township urged the government to act quickly.
“[Traffic congestion] causes daily headaches for the general public in getting where they have to go,” he said. “It calls for the need of close supervision on any congestion-reduction initiatives.”
The proposal to discuss the issue included a number of potential solutions. Among them were:
- Banning vehicles from parking at traffic lights or junctions
- Stopping vendors and trishaws from blocking main roads
- Putting more traffic police at railway crossings and junctions, as well as places without traffic lights
- Educating drivers about road rules and pressing legal charges against those that break them
