Tehran's Air Gets Cleaner

Unlike previous years, this year, and especially since the start of the second half of the year, there is still no sign of heavy traffic on the capital's streets, and at the same time the share of polluted days in Tehran has fallen compared with the same period last year. These two developments are not unrelated.

The share of polluted days in the capital increased from 40 to 15 percent

Unlike previous years, this year and especially with the beginning of the second half of the year, there is still no news of heavy traffic on the roads of the capital, and at the same time, the share of polluted days in Tehran has also decreased compared to the same period last year; 2 events that are not unrelated to each other.

Ambassador of Arjan - Mehdi Ismailpour: Because reducing traffic and smoothing the traffic of cars can help reduce the emission of pollutants caused by transportation and contribute to improving air quality. Of course, Tehran Municipality is only one of the 23 responsible institutions in the field of reducing air pollution, and the Environmental Protection Organization and various ministries also have duties in this field. However, the sixth term urban administration has tried to play its part in improving the air condition of the capital by implementing a series of measures in the field of transportation and reducing pollution. But what were these measures and how did they help smooth traffic and cleaner air in Tehran? The

Free public transportation for more than 7 months

One of the latest and most important measures of urban management in reducing traffic and as a result reducing air pollution is making public transportation free. From March 9th until today, the use of metro and BRT buses has been free for citizens, so according to Mohammad Sadeq Motamedian, the governor of Tehran, this issue has reduced fuel consumption in the city of Tehran.

Adding thousands of buses and expanding metro lines

The development of public transport is another main reason for this situation. This is not a claim and the numbers clarify this fact, because the number of active buses in the city of Tehran was about 860 at the end of the fifth period of urban management, and now in this period of urban management, with the purchase of thousands of new buses and the fundamental reconstruction and renovation of hundreds of other buses, the number of active buses in the city has reached more than 3200. In the metro sector, with the completion of seven lines and the renovation of wagons and the arrival of 2 new trains, the daily passenger capacity has reached 2.5 million people. The

Projects that shortened people's paths

In addition to these, the implementation of numerous construction projects that have been put into operation one after another in every corner of the capital, are other effective factors in reducing traffic and, as a result, reducing air pollutants. Among these projects, we can mention the opening of the southern expansion of the Yadgar Imam (RA) highway and the removal of this highway from the deadlock, and the exploitation of the Shahid Shushtri project as the first urban freeway in Tehran, as well as the Shahid Boroujerdi project as a part of the capital's ring road, each of which has been effective in this field. In the meantime, the geometric modification of 98 intersections has been placed on the agenda of the city management since last years to reduce the distance of citizens in order to reduce 1,000,000 liters of gasoline consumption and reduce 783 kilometers of extra road for Tehranis. Now, 70 of these intersections have been completed, and according to Alireza Zakani, the mayor of Tehran, the routes of the citizens have been shortened by about 490 kilometers. The

Organizing the marginal park, building new parking lots, developing green spaces, etc., each of them plays their own role in reducing Tehran's air pollution; The works that continue in this direction and the development of the public transport fleet, including the arrival of 3 national metro trains that will be added to the fleet by the end of the year, 2 metrobuses and 3 electric double-cabin buses that arrived in the country a few days ago, and the two-gas highway project that is scheduled to be put into operation next week to reduce traffic west of Tehran. Of course, in addition to these, the weather conditions should not be ignored, because without a doubt, wind and rain have played an effective role in reducing air pollution, and all these factors have worked hand in hand to make Tehran's air cleaner than in the same period of previous years. The