Fewer traffic jams in Yerevan - Municipality 

ArmInfo.  The changes in traffic management and the shift in school opening hours (from 8:30 to 8:15) recently initiated by the Yerevan City Hall have had a  positive impact on the level of traffic jams in the city. This was  reported by Vazgen Harutyunyan, Head of the Transport Department of  the Yerevan Municipality, during a meeting of the City Hall on  September 8.

He noted that such conclusions were reached thanks to a study by  Yandex, which conducted a comparative analysis of the traffic  slowdown coefficient for a certain period in 2024 and 2025 (from  August 30 to September 3) on weekdays and weekends. This indicator  characterizes the decrease in the speed of traffic flow with an  increase in its density. Thus, according to him, the maximum traffic  slowdown coefficient decreased by 13.3%, and the average - by 25.7%.

At the same time, Harutyunyan reported that as of September 1, 2025,  953,965 cars were registered in the Republic of Armenia, which is  44,639 more than in 2024, and in Yerevan - 343,220 cars, with an  increase of 11,906 over the year.

In this regard, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan expressed confidence  that the number of cars will definitely grow, which indicates the  need to take appropriate measures to mitigate the impact on traffic.

"Yerevan, first of all, should be convenient for people. For us, the  priority is pedestrians, then cyclists, public transport and only at  the very end, private cars," the mayor noted. He reported in this  vein that large- scale programs developed by Ile-de-France will be  implemented in the small center of the capital to expand the sidewalk  and increase bicycle paths. At the same time, Avinyan instructed not  to delay the launch of additional bus lines in the Arabkir  administrative district.