Ramadan Traffic Woes Plague Casablanca as Congestion and Accidents Surge

Traffic congestion is an issue that Casablanca faces during Ramadan. The problem is particularly present during rush hours despite the reopening of many roads before the start of the holy month. According to experts in the sector, the overuse of private vehicles by employees of companies and administrations has caused many traffic jams in certain areas during rush hours. To this problem are added numerous road accidents, fights and disputes between drivers, as well as the fatigue of the security forces who struggle to manage the fluidity of traffic.

This situation arouses the indignation of road users. Many of them are asking some administrations to return to remote work or to start using a different schedule to facilitate traffic flow. According to experts, this could help reduce the pressure on the roads and alleviate the suffering of security personnel and drivers. The standardization of leave, both in the public and private sectors, is a major contributor to this congestion that needs to be remedied, says Samir Farabi, secretary general of the Democratic Transport Union.

"The authorities do not seem to have benefited from the experiences of previous Ramadan months, because we live in this situation every year," he told the Hespress site. The start of Ramadan coincided with school holidays." As a result, traffic congestion will worsen after the return of students to school next week. Samir Farabi then recommends telework in sectors such as commercial and travel agencies, as was the case at the beginning and peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also called for "the intervention of state authorities with representatives of companies to set a different exit schedule from that of the public sector, in order to avoid everyone gathering at the same intervals."