Everyday 140k cars enter Prishtina. Can you imagine that?The city is a mess

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Harmalin@reddit

My parents say it was always trash.. even in the 70s and 80s.

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justlohser@reddit

We didnt even have many cars in the 70s or 80s so I'm curious how so tbh

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Harmalin@reddit

They say it’s always been dirty compared to other big cities like prizren or peja. It doesn’t have to do with cars. I Wasn’t even born then so I don’t know.

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justlohser@reddit

The point of this post was about the mess of the traffic, not of the trash... Also I think yes Prishtina has it bad with trash but not in a unfixable way.

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Mateiizzeu@reddit

What does this mean? 140k cars that are foreign to the city? or 140k with the ones in the city? and if it's the second option are parked cars counted?

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tarn_198@reddit (OP)

140k foreign to the city, new 6 lane street is being built so hopefully it will reduce all the traffic.

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Mateiizzeu@reddit

damn, that's a lot of cars. do you get people from foreign countries travelling there for work or is it really that 10% of the population commutes daily to Pristina?

Nevertheless, the number is still insane. Do you have other forms of transport to replace cars? Trains, Metros?

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From foreign countries I see a lot from Macedonia, Serbia and Albania but they make a small number. It's just people from all over the country coming here. We have buses which are nice and modern but no trians or metros.The mayor has closed off a main street because he wants to turn it into a square but did it too early. The only thing that can solve this traffic is a ring how we call it here around the city which is planned but haven't heard anything from it.

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kerelberel@reddit

Just one more lane bro, trust me.

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Used-Orchid561@reddit

Bike culture should be a thing in the Balkans as well

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BabySignificant@reddit

Sounds good, doesn't work

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Zealousideal-Put1250@reddit

It works in Novi Sad

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BabySignificant@reddit

Doesn't work anywhere here

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Own-Event1622@reddit

EVTOL culture

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CrystaSera@reddit

Sure, in Vojvodina people still heavily use bikes, come down here to the south or even worse to Montenegro where you have to ride uphill every 50 meters, see how fast you'll give up on bikes

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Used-Orchid561@reddit

I’m from Vojvodina and it is not even close to the Netherlands, there are no good bike lanes. In the Netherlands you have:

free bike parking stations
cities designed for biking and not for cars
free public transport as an (eu) student
some cities free public transport for 65+
wide biking lanes separate from the road cars drive on

These are things that cost a relatively small amount of money to implement (except the public transport) for a much greater cause. Sure I know it’s not super convenient biking in Belgrade, but Vojvodina is perfectly fine to make more bike friendly.

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CrystaSera@reddit

Oh its not comparable, but there is a huge difference between my beloved Kikinda and anything south of New Now. But if I have 1 wish for Vojvodina from the magic lamp, I gotta spend it on clean tap water to be honest

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Used-Orchid561@reddit

Tap water in Ruma is drinkable for as far as I heard (and I was drinking it a few times, not too much tho)

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CrystaSera@reddit

I went to visit my grandma in Kikinda like 4 years ago, and I was in their apartment happy to have a bath as Im used to showers in the place I live. I left the bathtub to be filled while I prepared the towels and change of clothes. When I came back the water was so yellow that I let the water go and decided to not even take the shower. Later when I washed my hands it felt almost oily. Heres a pic I found on the internet that is a pretty close representation

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baklavoth@reddit

in the Netherlands

Come experience Belgrade cyclists in traffic, pendrek culture should be a thing for them

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Used-Orchid561@reddit

Yeah because Belgrade isn’t made for Biking, and some cyclists in the Netherlands also deserve a pendrek, but in general it would benefit everyone. Or just better, cleaner public transport.

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anotherlost-one@reddit

America has entered the chat

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Billarasgr@reddit

Στ’ αρχίδια μας…

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anotherlost-one@reddit

America has entered the chat

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scricimm@reddit

Bucharest crying in 2 mill😭

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freqiszen@reddit

that a normal balkan city, nothing strange

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tamzhebuduiya@reddit

Meanwhile in Sofia

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Besrax@reddit

As if there isn't a shit ton of traffic here as well.

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Outrageous_Trade_303@reddit

You haven't seen Los Angeles. Just imagine the what you see in the picture but on double wide roads :p

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ve_rushing@reddit

They should call it "Заприщина/Zapristina", from "заприщтвам" blocking [a street]).

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SORRYCAPSLOCKBROKENN@reddit

Istanbul laughed at this. Probably has more car driving around than the entire country of Romania(x2).

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AnnoyingRomanian@reddit

140k are not much, come to Istanbul and see ))

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justlohser@reddit

It is much when you compare the size of Prishtina and the size of Istanbul

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AnnoyingRomanian@reddit

This is just the effect of Prishtina being the only economical center and also the capital of Kosovo, plus a lack of public transport and a moving population from rural to urban caused the high amount of cars. There aren't simple solutions the government can take to limit the amount.

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justlohser@reddit

Agree on this

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Shqiptaria@reddit

come to NYC

takes like an hour to drive 17 km with this traffic

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Solid-Scarcity-236@reddit

That would be 6km in Skopje during a rush hour

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anotherlost-one@reddit

Public transportation does not really exist in ex yu countries

Unless it is the capital there bus systems

And there are train lines But are not great in Montenegro. Kosovo, Macedonia, serbia

They are ok in Croatia, Slovenia

But the governments are slowly fixing it

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MLukaCro@reddit

Yes, I lived in Zagreb.

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inevitable_entropy13@reddit

i think it’s so cute when people in basically any balkan city complain about traffic

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Pek-Man@reddit

I don't know man, I've been to LA, NYC, Chicago and so on, and the traffic in Tetovo seemed like it was up there. Marshal Tito was basically just one big jam when we were there.

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Shqiptaria@reddit

i was born and raised in NYC and bro the worst "traffic" in kosovo is more tolerable than the lightest traffic here

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inevitable_entropy13@reddit

you have to be joking you just compared a city with a population of less than 100 thousand people to cities with populations over 5 million

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SassyKardashian@reddit

Laughs in London

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hopopo@reddit

Do they leave?

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Vargau@reddit

I have a wild idea, how about a tram line, with a dedicated lane.

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Mysterious_Pea_4042@reddit

They need to implement a bike policy over there.

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Inevitable-Pie-8020@reddit

Bucharest is like this, but with public transport alternatives

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IndyCarFAN27@reddit

That sucks. I’d love to see Kosovo some day, but Its a little disheartening to hear and see that there’s little in the way of public transportation. I’m interested to hear if there’s any plans for alternative transportation.

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Pek-Man@reddit

Buses are everywhere, man. We unfortunately only had time to visit Prizren and Prishtina but both were very easy to reach by bus, and there were buses running constantly to other cities like Peja and Gjakova.

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_Negativity_@reddit

Public transport definitely can get bad at certain times, in certain days, but depending on the route, it's not the worst. I believe at the beginning of next year we will be getting additional buses for new and existing routes, and there's also work being done on electrifying the existing railways. They also mentioned trams, but that ain't ever happening.

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BGD_TDOT@reddit

Pristina might be the only city in the Balkans with worse traffic than Belgrade and that's saying a lot.

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_Negativity_@reddit

I mean, it's the capital, what'd ya expect?

The source of the problem is not only the number of cars, it's also the roads; the quality and quantity of which leaves much to be desired, and the lack of alternative modes of transport; a handful of buses isn't going to cut it, nor will public bikes (2000EU+ per bike btw) without dedicated lanes, on a pretty hilly/mountainous terrain.

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