"My mother got from Smederevo to Belgrade faster than I got from Dorćol to Zvezdara", stated the student of Belgrade University because traffic rush hour in Belgrade after 18 p.m. Although, rush hour is a conditional thing.
Previously, the traffic rush hour in Belgrade was between 8 and 9 in the morning, and between 16 and 18 pm in the afternoon. Now you don't even know when it is, huh time of hellish crowds almost yes it doesn't stop, complain the people of Belgrade.
"The crowds have never been this big in Belgrade, not even when we had one and a half bridges." She drove more and more," he said earlier for the meantime taxi driver in Belgrade.
And he added: "A little while ago, I drove from Zemun to the center for 58 minutes." How does it pay off? I could have had three rides during that time. And I had one that drains energy, and with all this aggression on the street".
Daily Danas asked readers on their Facebook page how they travel to work and how long it takes them, and it turns out that those who go on foot or by bicycle arrive the fastest.
What do the citizens say?
"I arrive before the end of working hours, if I leave at the crack of dawn," wrote the director of the Naim Institute for European Affairs, Leo Beshiri, in a comment.
Many readers have complained about traffic jams and city streets being overloaded with cars.
"From Konjarnik to Batajnica and back, three to four hours a day." A little less by train, but it takes an hour, so it often doesn't suit me," remarked one reader.
Some readers, however, face much more serious challenges. One reader reveals that she works in two places, one is 204 kilometers from her home, and the other is a ten-minute walk away.
"People are usually shocked when they hear about this first job, but when it comes down to it - I actually spend less per week in transportation than many who go from one end of Belgrade to the other every day!", she wrote.
The situation is similar with travelers from remote municipalities like Barajevo, where, according to one reader, it takes "a minimum of three hours to leave and return".
The impact of the demolition of the Old Sava bridge
The authorities announced that the Old Sava Bridge will be closed from November 1, and that the removal will begin at the beginning of 2025. If everything is done with that work, will it affect the increase in traffic congestion and how?
Assistant professor at the Faculty of Traffic, Stamenka Stanković for the new issue of "Vreme" points out: "We looked at the number of movements between the old part of the city and the new part of the city and the distribution by bridges. There was not even ten percent movement on the Old Sava bridge. But the problem is that both Branko Most and Gazela are at capacity during peak hours (in other words, every additional car is a problem), there are long queues and you have to stand still. What will happen to the generally small number of vehicles using the Old Sava Bridge? They will be distributed over these two bridges and, eventually, the Ada Bridge, but it does not represent a suitable alternative to this bridge. Which means – you will only have an extended time of traffic congestion”.
In the new issue "Vremena", from Thursday, October 24, read about the solutions for the increasingly frequent traffic collapse in the capital. Or subscribe to the print or digital edition.
