The Iranian government has provided Tehran Municipality with 10 trillion rials ($78.7 million) to boost urban transportation development in the megacity of Tehran. The money is to be…
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Tehran's urban transportation infrastructure is in dire need of expansion to meet growing demand, chairman of Tehran City Council said. Addressing urban managers on Sunday, Mohsen Hashemi…
Major Iranian metropolises are making efforts to boost public transport services by expanding bus and taxi fleets and investing in subway projects. In Tehran, following Tehran Taxi Organization…
Providing people with decent public transportation services is of high importance for cities worldwide and there is much room for improvement in Iran, a senior urban manager says.
From adding new vehicles to the public bus fleet to purchasing new wagons for the subway, urban managers across Iran are taking measures for tackling air pollution and facilitating the daily…
Tehran Bus Company is to induct 100 new buses within two months to renew the city’s aging public transportation fleet. Peiman Sanandaji, the head of Tehran Bus Company, said based on a recent…
From offering cheap loans for replacing old taxis to launching new subway lines and introducing eco-friendly modes of transportation, municipalities throughout Iran are implementing measures for…
The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development has started the process of establishing Transportation Development Fund with an initial capital of 190 trillion rials ($1.5 billion) to finance…
Iranian lawmakers have passed the bill to allow Iran to join the Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage, also…
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…
Iran and Azerbaijan have agreed to implement an e-TIR Pilot project for making transit operations fully electronic between the two countries as of May 31, 2019.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in the presence of Roads and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami last week to launch the construction of the first phase of Kermanshah-Bisotun-Homeyl…
As per an agreement signed Tuesday between Tehran Municipality, Beijing Rail Transit Technology Equipment Group Co. (RTTE) and local Pars Wagon company in Markazi Province, 367 subway cars will…
Tehran Metro will be extended to Eslamshahr, a working district in the southwest, to help residents commute easier and reduce the traffic congestion. Construction will commence next week. The…
A plan is in the making to start a special bus service between Tehran and Alborz Province to the west, as a solution to help ease commute.
The Third International Exhibition of Transportation and Related Industries opened in Tehran on Sunday in the presence of Roads and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami.
A cargo shipment en route from Ningbo Port in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province is scheduled to arrive at Iran’s northern Caspian port in Bandar Anzali, Gilan Province, on Dec. 9.
The 13th International Conference on Coasts, Ports and Marine Structures (aka 'ICOPMAS 2018') concluded in Tehran on Wednesday. Mohammad Rastad, the head of Ports and Maritime…
More than 5.77 million tons of oil and non-oil commodities were transited through Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22) to register a 7% rise compared…
Iran has agreed to issue yearlong visas for the drivers of Kazakh transport companies.
The European Union will continue its cooperation with Iran in the transportation sector, deputy director general of the European Commission’s Mobility and Transportation Department said.
Iran’s Logistics Centers Planning Document, which aims to reduce transportation expenses by up to 30% when fully implemented, was ratified by the High Council of Transportation on Aug. 21 and…
The Ministry of Roads and Urban Development plans to negotiate the connection of China-Kazakhstan-Iran Multimodal Corridor to Europe, says deputy minister for transportation affairs, Mehrdad…
Close to 3.37 million tons of oil and non-oil products were transited through Iran’s 32 land and sea border terminals in the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21-July 22) to…
Iran’s world ranking in the Logistic Performance Index improved 32 places within two years as, with the score of 2.85, the country was positioned at 64th place out of a total of 160 countries…
