Ho Chi Minh City traffic 'transformed' with a series of new bus routes

Currently, Ho Chi Minh City is bidding for a series of bus routes in the city. The bidding for these routes is being implemented by the city according to a roadmap, in line with the conversion to green vehicles.

On May 20, the Public Transport Management Center, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction, said that to date, the Center has completed the bidding process for 39 bus routes.

In the second quarter of 2025, bidding will continue for 18 more bus routes. The remaining bus routes will continue to be bid as planned.

TP.HCM 'lột xác' bằng hàng loạt tuyến xe buýt mới — Ho Chi Minh City will bid and replace a series of bus routes, including route number 88. Photo: DAO TRANG

According to the Center, the bidding process is carried out publicly and transparently through the National Bidding Network, with the participation of many contractors. This contributes to improving competitiveness and service quality. In addition, it saves the state budget through the organization of bidding.

The Center said that the bidding process is carried out publicly and transparently through the national bidding network system, with many contractors participating. This contributes to improving competitiveness and service quality. In addition, it saves the state budget through the organization of bidding.

In reality, the quality of vehicles and services on Ho Chi Minh City bus routes has improved over time. In the 2023-2024 period, Ho Chi Minh City will have 419 new buses put into operation, including 140 electric buses.

The bidding process has created positivity for transport businesses in innovating, professionalizing human resources, improving management capacity and service quality.

In addition, passenger satisfaction is also highly appreciated thanks to the renovation of Ho Chi Minh City bus fleet. Survey results show that passenger satisfaction has improved thanks to new vehicles, better service attitude, and reduced waiting time.

Above all, Ho Chi Minh City is implementing the goal of green transformation. In particular, the increasing proportion of electric vehicles is contributing to realizing the goal of converting to vehicles using clean energy according to the roadmap.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction, the city is currently developing a project to control vehicle emissions, including developing incentive policies, incentives and a conversion roadmap for many types of vehicles such as taxis, technology vehicles, contract vehicles, passenger cars, trucks, personal vehicles, cars, vehicles under the management of public agencies and enterprises.

In addition, there is a proposal for a policy to purchase and exchange old vehicles for new vehicles using electric energy and green energy; solutions to control emissions until 2030, with a vision to 2050, prioritizing green vehicles and limiting fossil vehicles in the central area of Can Gio district.

For electric buses, from now until 2030, the city will switch from buses using fossil fuels to electric buses using green energy, following two routes. Of which, public passenger transport by electric buses using green energy will reach 100% by 2030.

Phase one 2024-2029: For existing subsidized bus routes, electric bus routes will continue to use electricity. For bus routes using CNG fuel, they will continue to use CNG fuel and electricity. Routes using diesel fuel will continue to use diesel fuel and will switch to electricity from 2028.

For existing non-subsidized bus routes, the conversion will be as follows: From 2025, replacement buses and new investments will use electricity and CNG fuel; From 2029, all buses using diesel fuel will be converted to electric buses. For newly opened bus routes, electricity and CNG fuel will be used.

Phase two from 2030: 100% of public passenger transport by bus will convert to electric buses, green energy.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/giao-thong-tp-hcm-lot-xac-bang-hang-loat-tuyen-xe-buyt-moi-1018731.html