Public transport in Sarajevo is slowly taking on the shape of what we see in developed European countries. It is still far from what we all expect, but it cannot be said that it is not being worked on. According to the Minister of Transport of the Sarajevo Canton, Adnan Šteta, the construction of the tram line to Hrasnica will be completed next year, and next year, after 33 years, trolleybuses will also start running towards Vogošća again. The plan is also to build a tram line to Dobrinja by 2030.

These days, rails for the line to Hrasnica are arriving in Sarajevo from Austria, which is a new 12.9 kilometers of track, and as part of this project, two new tram turntables will be built, in Ilidža and Hrasnica, as well as 20 new tram stations. After all 15 new Stadler trams arrived in Sarajevo in July this year, Minister Šteta recently shared the news that the production of another 10 new Stadler trams is underway, which will begin arriving in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina next year.
“The number of trams is growing, but so are the passengers. It was worth it,” said the minister in charge, during whose mandate the entire tram line from Vijećnica to Ilidža was renovated, as well as numerous tram stations.

Everyone hopes for regular transportation

Of course, the residents of the capital expect transportation to be regular and not to be late for their obligations, as was the case in previous years, or decades. In order to solve this problem, another project is underway, and that is the adaptive traffic management system, about which we have written two articles here in the last two years, so in this article we will see what is currently being done on this project and how far we have come. In addition to this system, other roads that need to be expanded are also of great importance for the normal functioning of traffic in Sarajevo. This primarily refers to the Southern Longitudinal, a part of which, located in the Grbavica settlement, could soon begin construction, but we will report on it when the work starts.
These days, work is being carried out rapidly on the implementation of the adaptive traffic management system. The Ministry of Transport of the Sarajevo Canton announced that various groups of works are being carried out successively at 37 intersections, and that 163 intersections will have adaptive traffic management. The Ministry announced that anti-corrosion protection of traffic light poles is currently being installed or worn-out poles are being replaced with new ones, and that traffic light lanterns have already been installed. So far, 395 driver, tram and pedestrian lanterns have been installed. Also, 66 new pedestrian buttons have been installed on the poles, on which special buttons for the blind and visually impaired will be successively installed, who will be sure in which direction they should move.
As part of this project, cable installations at the intersections themselves are being replaced, and new traffic light cabinets are being installed, which now have “anti-vandal” protection, as well as the installation of inductive loops at the intersections. In addition, the first cameras and the first detection radars at a height of six meters have been installed. These radars will have the task of monitoring traffic, and the system will adapt to current road conditions, and in this way perform adaptive traffic management, we were informed by the Press Service of the Sarajevo Canton.
Sarajevo should receive an adaptive traffic management system at the beginning of next year, which would be managed from the Center for Adaptive Traffic Management, which will be located at the Skenderija Cultural and Sports Center.

Project details

The project is designed to finally reduce traffic congestion in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. city ​​that Sarajevans encounter regularly, especially in the morning and afternoon hours, but the situation is not much better at other times either, because the number of cars moving on Sarajevo’s roads is increasing. Those who conceived it believe that its launch will also reduce air pollution. At least a little. According to the Public Investment Program, this project should cost around 16 million KM, and the grant for the development of the Main Project was provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The first steps towards adaptive traffic management were taken back in April 2021, when the Sarajevo Canton Traffic Center began operating after video surveillance was installed in Sarajevo trams, and the possibility of monitoring events in all trams, monitoring their number on the rails and the speed at which they move was used. This was done with the aim of improving the timetables, first for trams, and then for trolleybuses, bus and minibus traffic.
We will find out what it will look like in the end, next year, when the project should come to life in full capacity.

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