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chronic problems

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almost 72 million and Egypt hosting two major events, the 38th International Book Fair and the 25th African Cup of Nations (ACN) championship

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ongestion disaste

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Ministry of Interior has announced that it has plans for traffic organisation to avoid major lockdown

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Major- General Fawzi Hassan, assistant to the minister of interior and head of the Traffic Department of Greater Cairo

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home to at least 18 million people. Around 3,500 newborns are added to this number each day.

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largest city in Africa;

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onkey-carts are still a prominent feature in many streets

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Surprisingly to some, many cars do the same; they use the lanes of oncoming traffic when their own lanes are full.

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chaotic

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said Mohamed Abdel-Hamid, manager of an international bank in Egypt

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Heliopolis to 6th of October City

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Watching the traffic, one would expect an accident every five minutes

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drive like madmen

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crazy to drive on the bridge nowadays,

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people drive wildly and yet there are thousands of traffic policemen out on the streets.

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instead of paying for maintenance to keep the traffic lights workin

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road fatalities in Egypt kill more than 7,000 people per year and wound nearly 35,000 others

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The question now is: can the streets of the city cope with the ever-increasing number of vehicles?

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under the twin pressures of traffic and population.

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Cairo is crumbling

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"Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent on upgrading the safety and efficiency of the existing infrastructure in the short term, while mid- and long-term goals focus on increasing the width of roads,"

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less than 10 kilometres per hour

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dependence on public transportation is less than 65 per cent

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"Expanding streets and adding more fly-overs and tunnels is not always the solution to traffic congestion,"

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As of now, traffic in Cairo literally has to be seen to be believed.

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