The Yangon Region Transport Authority

Yangon regional government weighing policies to control traffic

March 5, 2018 by Thiha

The Yangon regional government is currently weighing a car import policy for the region and will announce its decision in due course, U Myint Thaung, regional planning and finance minister, said last week. Policies including permits for individual car importing are now being discussed with Yangon’s chronic traffic problems in mind. The number of vehicles […]

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Yangon Taxi Registrations Cause Traffic Snarls in Laydaukkan Road

November 26, 2017 by thiha

The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) office in Laydaukkan Road, in Thingangyu Township, has been at the centre of severe traffic congestion since November 15 when it began accepting applications for registration and renewals for city taxis. On November 15, about 150 taxis queued along the road causing traffic jams. Dr Maung Aung, secretary of […]

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Bus company loses YBS licence after complaints of poor service

November 17, 2017 by Thiha

The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) cancelled the licence of a public-private partnership (PPP) company under the Yangon Bus Services (YBS) due to poor service, YRTA said on Thursday it officially stopped the ‘Khit Thit Nyein Chan Yay’ PPP company from operating under the YBS for failing to provide good service to commuters over an […]

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All Yangon Taxis have Until Year-End to Register Their Vehicles

November 17, 2017 by thiha

The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) officially announced that all taxis must register as city taxis before January 1. The announcement was made through the state-owned newspaper on November 12. Taxis in Yangon are privately owned and there are no regulations limiting their activities so far. Since late 2016, Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein […]

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Bus Drivers, Conductors Protest Loss of Jobs at YBS

July 25, 2017 by thiha

Nearly 200 bus conductors and bus drivers marched in Shwe Pyi Thar township on Thursday to protest against a plan to eliminate conductors’ jobs by the Yangon Bus Service. The Yangon Region Transport Authority had ruled that all YBS buses must install cash boxes by July 20 to replace fare collections by bus conductors starting […]

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China’s Ankai to build factory in Myanmar

June 29, 2017 by Thiha

The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) said that Chinese automotive manufacturing company Ankai has expressed an interest in building factories to assemble automobiles in Myanmar. YRTA Secretary Dr. Maung Aung said Ankai is interested in purchasing parts from other countries and assembling them in Myanmar. To reduce traffic in Yangon, the Yangon Region Government abolished […]

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Uber and Licensed Cabs to Replace Yangon Taxi Turmoil

January 23, 2017 by thiha

Now that the new Yangon Bus Service is underway, the regional government is turning its attention to the city’s taxis, and is hoping to have a system of licensed cabs to run side-by-side with Uber drivers, according to chief minister U Phyo Min Thein. The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) has already started a […]

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Yangon bus system overhaul set to start

January 9, 2017 by thiha

Yangon’s infamous public bus system – where commuters are dragged by callous conductors onto ageing vehicles operated by drivers with scant regard for road safety – is about to change. A long-awaited transformation of the bus network, which some 80 percent of the commercial capital’s 2.8 million daily commuters depend upon, will begin at […]

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Taxi Count Needed Before Industry Reform

November 29, 2016 by thiha

The Yangon Region Transport Authority (YRTA) is undertaking a taxi census, as it attempts to rein in the largely unregulated industry. YRTA secretary U Maung Aung said a formal, standardised registration process will begin once they have taken stock of the city’s fleet. At present, Yangon taxis are operated by private owners and subject to […]