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Hanoi considers raising vehicle ownership registration tax to 25%
Nguyen Hoang Linh, Deputy Director of the Hanoi Transport Department, said that the department is trying to limit personal vehicles by raising the ownership registration tax to 25%.
Linh said that on average, Hanoi has 100 more cars and 500 more motorbikes a day. Meanwhile, it takes years and much money to build one kilometer of road. Meanwhile, the real land area for transport in the capital city has just reached 7% of the urban land area, much lower than the urban planning level (15-20%).
It seems that the traffic jams in Hanoi have become more serious?
Since the beginning of 2008, a lot of traffic jams occurred in Hanoi due to many reasons, including accidents, high density of vehicles, the lack of traffic lights, and due to the flood. Our survey has found out that Hanoi has 78 routes and traffic points which are always at high risk of possible traffic jams.
The expansion of Hanoi has also led a lot of routes linking Hanoi and the former Ha Tay province overloaded, and caused traffics jams, including Nguyen Trai Road, Highway No 32, and the Xuan Thuy – Cau Giay – Kim Ma – Nguyen Thai Hoc route.
While the number of vehicles has been increasing sharply, a lot of transport infrastructure projects have been left unfinished?
Hanoi has kicked off a lot of transport development system projects recently. However, most of the projects have been slow in implementation, including the ones which have been behind by ten years.
In the time to come during 2008-2010, we will speed up the projects that are under implementation, including the Kim Lien traffic point, the Vinh Tuy Bridge, belt road No 3, and the Thanh Tri Bridge. The city is also considering making investments in more projects, including the building of the roads from Cau Chui (Chui Bridge) to Cau Duong (Duong Bridge) on Highway No 1, from Nam Thang Long to Cau Dien town (on Highway No 32).
It is clear that for the time being, when we have to wait for the infrastructure items to be completed, buses are still considered the most effective solution for Hanoi’s traffic. However, there is only one bus against 250 cars and 2,500 motorbikes?
The department will also suggest a lot of measures to limit personal means of transport for many motorists. For example, it considers raising the ownership vehicle registration fee for the first time to 25% from the current 10%.
As for buses, the department is also considering encouraging buses on some main routes and at rush hours, and prohibiting personal means of transport at certain hours of the day.
Tien phong, vietnamnet
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