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Dubrovnik’s Persistent Traffic Woes: Can Pile Gate Congestion Ever Be Solved? DV

Dubrovnik’s Persistent Traffic Woes: Can Pile Gate Congestion Ever Be Solved?

Written by  Aug 01, 2024

This is a problem that has plagued Dubrovnik’s road structure for years, new councils and mayors come and go and yet the problem doesn’t get solved. Is it too complicated to solve?

The main infrastructure hub for the historic Old City of Dubrovnik is at the Pile gate. This is an area that is a main stop for many of the city’s buses and coaches bringing tourists to the city. Citizens and tourists are being advised to use public transport as much as possible. Firstly, it helps with to ease the amount of cars of the roads, the vast majority of which only have one passenger – the driver, and secondly to be more eco-conscious.

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That works only if the road system works and flows. And on Pile gate, at whatever time of the day or night it’s always the same story, in exactly the same place. Public buses are stopped in their tracks as taxis unloaded passengers and even pick up passengers in the bus lane and bus stop. It was the case this morning, and it will the case tomorrow morning. A packed bus of passengers waits in the baking sunshine whilst a taxi drops off two guests, and over and over and over again.

We have received several emails for tourists asking why the city or police or security or somebody do something about this. So far this seemingly easy problem to solve has proved a conundrum for the authorities. And so tomorrow will be the same story again.

This video was recorded last year...somethings never change! 

 

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