Significant traffic congestion is currently being observed on the main roads of Baku, impacting several key arterial routes across the capital.
The Operative Information Center-OMM reports that the Digital Development and Transport Agency's Intelligent Transport Management Center (NIIM) has issued a warning regarding the current traffic situation. According to the latest data, heavy vehicle density is affecting the following locations:
- Yusif Safarov Street, towards the city center;
- Heydar Aliyev Avenue, both main and auxiliary roads, towards the city center;
- Baku-Sumgait highway, in the direction of the "20 January" metro station;
- Tbilisi Avenue, from the "20 January" metro station towards the city center, and from the intersection with Izmir Street towards the station;
- Koroghlu Rahimov Street, from the intersection with Ak. Hasan Aliyev Street towards Heydar Aliyev Avenue;
- 1st Gol Kenari road, towards Ziya Bunyadov Avenue;
- Binagadi highway, towards the "Azadliq Avenue" metro station;
- Ali Mustafayev Street, towards Ziya Bunyadov Avenue;
- Ziya Bunyadov Avenue, from the intersection with Muzaffar Narimanov Street towards the "20 January" metro station;
- Uzeyir Hajibeyli Street, up to the intersection with Azadliq Avenue;
- 8 November Avenue, from the intersection with Suleyman Ahmadov Street towards the city center.
Traffic congestion in Baku often intensifies during peak morning and evening hours due to the high volume of vehicles entering the capital from surrounding residential areas and the Absheron Peninsula. The Intelligent Transport Management Center continuously monitors these flows to optimize signal timings and provide real-time updates to motorists to ensure safety and improve urban mobility in Azerbaijan.
