The Ministry of Transport revealed that 2,971 service transactions were completed in the land transport sector during the second quarter of this year. The ministry stated in a post on its official account on the social networking site “X” that the transactions included 1,571 transactions for land transport licenses, 634 transactions for land transport planning, and 766 transactions in the field of road affairs.
Regarding the most prominent services provided in the second quarter of 2024, the Ministry indicated that initial approvals were granted for car rental activities, building permit system requests, road defect inspections, transportation, traffic studies, road safety, limousines, signboards, and approval of land transport network planning transactions.
These statistics come as part of the Ministry of Transport’s efforts to invest in land transport infrastructure, and to define future frameworks and directions for developing transport networks at the national level within the framework of the comprehensive transport plan in the State of Qatar 2050, ensuring their integration with land use, urban development, population growth and meeting the demand for transport systems in the future.
This plan also works to achieve financial sustainability for the land transport sector by covering the largest possible amount of operating costs through implementing transport demand management policies, and encouraging partnerships between the public and private sectors to invest and contribute to building and operating transport systems.
The comprehensive transport plan in the State of Qatar 2050 will also bring significant economic returns as a result of increased revenues and the benefits of saving the cost of operating vehicles, saving energy and fuel consumption, saving travel time, and reducing carbon emissions and traffic accidents.
The plan includes an integrated set of initiatives and projects to serve all users of land transport systems and networks until 2050, including highways, public transport, pedestrians, bicycles, land transport demand management, and other transport technologies and techniques, with the aim of achieving integration between these elements and improving connectivity between them, enhancing road safety, reducing traffic congestion, and preserving the environment, to be a true legacy for future generations, thus achieving the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.
The data collection, surveys and polls project is an essential part of the efforts to develop the comprehensive transport plan, which in turn contributes to updating the strategic transport model for the State of Qatar, setting standards and calculating the necessary coefficients for transport planning and traffic data analysis.
