Yerevan unveils AI-driven traffic overhaul and expansion of transit  infrastructure

ArmInfo.During  a cabinet meeting on January 29, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan announced plans to implement a unified traffic management system to reduce traffic congestion in Yerevan. 

According to him, the working group formed at the Prime Minister's  direction to address traffic congestion in Yerevan has already held  two working meetings. Key tasks that are important in the initial  phase have been identified, and a long, medium, and short-term plan  has been developed. Discussions with all relevant agencies are  ongoing. As Tigran Khachatryan noted, the city center is at an  important stage of development. Plans call for the implementation of  a unified management system, incorporating modern software tools  designed to redistribute traffic flows according to self-regulatory  logic, that is, based on variable factors.

In response, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan noted that the number of  passenger cars is rapidly growing.  and there are several solutions  available. According to Avinyan, this issue will require a permanent  solution.

"The first step is implementing  traffic management through the  introduction of artificial intelligence traffic lights, which will  take about 1.5 years to complete. The second step involves purchasing  250 18-meter buses, which will be the final step in the public  transportation sector that we need to implement. This, one might say,  sums up our strategy in the public transportation sector, at least in  the ground public transportation sector," the Yerevan mayor said. He  also added that the third step is the construction of the Ajapnyak  metro station, which is projected to increase the number of metro  users by 22%.

 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan concluded by emphasizing that these  "institutional mechanisms" are the only way to move beyond temporary  fixes and achieve a modern, functioning urban environment.