Speedy operation of the metro is vital. Also, regular services should be provided for employees at government agencies and NGOs. The pollution menace has many experts advocating a net increase in the transport network and alternative means to the millions of cars now in use. We must reduce the need for private cars to clatter our streets and highways. Building and streamlining an efficient public transport system is an urgent necessity.
Precious time is lost.
Acute psychological stress is inevitable. Latest surveys show that 72 percent of Tehran pollution is caused by cars. Yet, the major offender is the car. The population in Tehran is on the rise, and the majority of the cars rolling off the assembly lines or brought into the country are earmarked for the metropolis. The old and decrepit models are never discarded and contribute to the traffic jam and pollution.