The key facts

  • Cameras have been installed on a 6 km section of the dedicated bus lanes on Fergana Yuli street in Tashkent, recording violations from 6:00 to 23:00.
  • In February 2022, the city Transport Department promised to make the lanes work, but ordinary cars had been driving in them until now.
  • Cameras will be installed step by step on other streets, and a project to install cameras on buses was also reported.

Cameras have been installed to monitor traffic in the dedicated public transport lanes on Fergana Yuli street in Tashkent, according to a report by the capital's Traffic Management Center (TMC).

A 6 km section in both directions has been equipped with cameras. They record violations from 6:00 to 23:00 (since May 2025, any vehicle is allowedto travel in the dedicated lanes at night).

The TMC noted that cameras will be installed step by step on other streets as well to ensure the priority of public transport.

"A single bus can carry more than 50 passengers at a time. If a car enters the dedicated lane and obstructs the bus's movement, this causes delays not just for one vehicle, but for dozens of people rushing to work, to study, home, or other important matters," the center reminded.

In February 2022, the Tashkent City Transport Department promisedto ensure that the dedicated lanes on Fergana Yuli would "work." Until now, ordinary cars had been driving in them.Advertising on Gazeta

Another problem is road patrol service (YHXB) officers stopping cars in these spots to check documents and process traffic violations, thereby blocking the dedicated lanes. Gazeta has drawn the attention of road patrol representatives to this several times. The publication sent a request to the TMC on this matter.

The deputy mayor of the capital for transport and road infrastructure, Abdurakhmon Bakhtiyev, also addressedthe problem of non-functioning dedicated lanes in an interview with Gazeta in the spring. "Without cameras, we cannot make the sections work," he said.

In addition, it was reported about a project to install cameras on buses to monitor cars entering the dedicated lanes, as well as to record other violations.

At the same time, he emphasized that the dedicated lanes must be properly organized. In many parts of the city, they had been drawn without any calculations and without revising the organization of traffic lanes. "You cannot simply draw a section and expect it to work," said the mayor's first deputy.