{"id":473670,"date":"2025-07-01T11:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/balance-of-measures-to-improve-traffic-chaos-what-has-really-worked-in-santo-domingo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:18:05","slug":"balance-of-measures-to-improve-traffic-chaos-what-has-really-worked-in-santo-domingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/balance-of-measures-to-improve-traffic-chaos-what-has-really-worked-in-santo-domingo\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance of measures to improve traffic chaos: What has really worked in Santo Domingo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santo Domingo.- <\/strong>In June, the Dominican Government, through the Transportation Cabinet, presented the new comprehensive traffic management strategy for Greater Santo Domingo<\/strong>, an initiative that marks a turning point in the way mobility is organized, regulated, and optimized in the capital and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n\n\nIt’s not the first time that concrete solutions have been sought for the long traffic jams of vehicles on the different roads of the city, however they have only worked for a moment<\/strong> or simply haven’t given the expected results.\n\n\n

These are some of the main measures that have been implemented so far:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tunnels and overpasses<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the late 2000s, the so-called \u201cDuarte Corridor\u201d<\/strong> emerged as the big bet to solve the traffic chaos of Greater Santo Domingo<\/strong>. With the promise of speeding up travel between the west and east of the city, the plan included the construction of a series of overpasses at strategic intersections. <\/p>\n\n\nAmong them are those inaugurated between 2010 and 2012 at points such as Charles de Gaulle with San Isidro (2011), Kennedy Avenue with Defill\u00f3 (2010) and Ortega y Gasset with 27 de Febrero (2010), among others.\n\nIn their time, these works represented a visible improvement in vehicular flow. However, the relief was temporary. The accelerated growth of the vehicle fleet \u2014which already exceeds five million units throughout the country<\/strong>, with an overwhelming concentration in Greater Santo Domingo\u2014 ended up overflowing the capacity of these infrastructures.\n\nThe Duarte Corridor TODAY reflects the lack of long-term planning and the urgent need for a sustainable, comprehensive mobility model adapted to urban growth.\n\n\n

Intermittent conch by green and yellow colors (2005)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority<\/strong> (Amet)<\/strong> in 2005 arranged for the alternation of concho cars by two colors: green and yellow. At that time, some 20,000 cars made up the concho service and barely 13,200 had their color labels in the early days.\n\nAMET warned of the removal from the streets of vehicles that did not have the new identification.\n\n\n

Track Change (2020)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nOn November 14, 2020, the City Council of the National District, together with INTRANT, the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Safety (DIGESETT), and the Ministry of Public Works, implemented changes in the direction of roads in the Central Polygon.\n\nThis measure included 42 streets<\/strong> within the quadrant of the M\u00e1ximo G\u00f3mez, John F. Kennedy, Gregorio Luper\u00f3n, and 27 de Febrero Avenues.\n\nThe changes to reduce congestion and improve the quality of life of citizens in the area of greatest commercial use in the city favored circulation on several streets, impacting sectors such as Evaristo Morales, Los Prados, Los Praditos, Ensanche Quisqueya, Las Praderas and El Mill\u00f3n.\n\nThe Metro managed by the Oficina para el Reordenamiento del Transporte (OPRET), its construction was authorized in 2005<\/strong> and the system began operating in 2008, with a bridge link over the Isabela River.\n\n
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Park RD (2021)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThis plan contemplates the construction and completion of some 2,109 parking<\/strong> units in the Centro de los H\u00e9roes, La Fe extension, Zona Colonial and near the Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Cabral y B\u00e1ez hospital, in Santiago, in charge of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications<\/strong> and the General Directorate of the Public-Private Alliance (DPPs), by 2021.\n\nPresident Luis Abinader affirmed at that time that the plan will allow, in a short time, to obtain multiple benefits such as the increase in the capacity of the roads<\/strong> and circulation, a lower fuel consumption<\/strong>, which results in less environmental pollution.\n\nThey delivered in that year the first building of parking in La Atarazana<\/strong> of the Colonial City, a work developed to reduce the limited parking offer in this historical point. So far, they have not delivered the other promised buildings and there are two parking projects under construction: Centro de los H\u00e9roes I<\/strong> and Centro de los H\u00e9roes II.\n\n\n

Project “Park Properly”<\/strong> (2022)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nIt came into effect on Monday, September 26, 2022, with the purpose of favoring transit and urban mobility, through the specification of right-hand parking<\/strong>, in the same direction as the road, in some already identified areas.\n\nThis intervention aimed to facilitate vehicular traffic through the reduction of traffic jams resulting from improper parking, and at the same time promote respect for traffic signs<\/strong>, not only in the areas where “paqu\u00e9ate bien” operates, but also for this civic culture to grow so that it is applied on all roads nationwide.\n\n\n

The sectors where the Parqu\u00e9ate Bien program was implemented<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n