However, if only stopping at restrictive measures without synchronous transshipment solutions, it will cause difficulties for businesses and reduce the quality of service to people. Compared to current regulations, reducing the control threshold from 2.5 tons to 1 ton will have a great impact on goods delivery and receipt activities.
Ho Chi Minh City is booming e-commerce and fast delivery services, goods need to circulate continuously to serve consumption, production and supply chains. If tightening too much, businesses are forced to increase night trips, switch to smaller cars or extend transportation time, logistics costs increase.
Therefore, the proposal to adjust the prohibited time frame more flexibly is very worth considering.
In fact, peak congestion in the afternoon mainly concentrates from 5 pm to 7 pm. After this time, traffic volume decreases significantly. If trucks are allowed to circulate earlier instead of extending to 10 pm, businesses will significantly reduce waiting time and optimize operation efficiency.
Similarly, shortening the morning ban frame from 9:00 AM to 8:30 AM can help factories and industrial parks be more proactive in their goods delivery plans.
For tourist passenger cars, there should be regulations suitable to the actual business operations.
The center is a gathering place for hotels, museums, relics, pedestrian streets and famous entertainment spots, most international and group tourists currently use cars with 29 seats or more.
Therefore, tourist cars that meet standards and have complete identification registration need to be licensed to operate is a reasonable approach. Technology management, licenses are issued by route, by time frame or tolls are collected for inner-city traffic.
When limiting large vehicles into the center, Ho Chi Minh City must simultaneously develop a network of metro, high-quality buses, and mini buses running on narrow streets. This system will serve people and tourists to travel conveniently and civilizedly.
People in Ho Chi Minh City expect that by 2030, Ho Chi Minh City will complete 6 urban railway lines, with a total length of 187km of metro, positively changing the urban transport face, effectively supporting passenger and cargo transport activities.
Reducing trucks and large vehicles into the inner city helps the city become more open, expand pedestrian space, promote the night economy and improve the living environment. But traffic organization solutions need to ensure harmony between urban management efficiency and the benefits of production and business activities.
