The Chinese manufacturer Yutong Bus has officially announced the supply of 723 buses to Morocco in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, which will begin on December 21, 2025. This order, aimed at strengthening the public transport network during the competition, is the largest ever recorded for a Chinese manufacturer on the African continent.
The pill is hard to swallow for users of public transportation in the Rabat metropolitan area. A new increase in fares, bringing the bus ticket to 6.5 dirhams, has triggered a wave of anger, especially since the price of the tram ticket has also risen. The reason: a service deemed deficient that does not improve, despite rising prices.
The Ministry of Transport and Logistics has issued a press release to clarify the situation regarding the fines for vehicles bearing international registration plates.
The company "Rabat Région Mobilité" announces that Rabat will soon acquire dozens of smart buses as part of the strengthening of its urban transport network.
The project to create 4 high-level bus service (BHNS) lines along the Rabat - Salé - Témara axis, for a total length of approximately 48 kilometers, is progressing.
Alsa will have new competitors in Morocco. The Spanish operator established in the kingdom since 1999 in Marrakech, then in Agadir and Tangier, could lose most of its urban transport concessions.
In Marrakech, a foreign tourist filmed a dangerous car chase between a petit taxi driver and an InDrive driver, the transportation service via an app.
In Morocco, the standard-form contracts recently concluded between taxi license holders (kremat) and professional operators have sparked a lively controversy, particularly regarding the rental amount, agreed upon between the two parties.
Lively altercations occurred within the premises of the Bab Ghmat grand taxi station in Marrakech after a taxi driver preferred foreign customers over Marrakechis.
Significant traffic jams make circulation difficult on the road axes connecting the cities of the Tanger-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma region, as well as the main streets within their urban centers, during this summer period marked by the influx of Moroccans residing abroad (MREs) and tourists. An additional hardship for them, who are already suffering from the high prices of accommodation, restaurants, cafes and transportation.
Faced with criticism and denunciations from Moroccans living in Morocco and Moroccans residing abroad (MREs), the National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) had to provide explanations on the increase in the price of the "Jawaz" card, which has gone from 50 dirhams with an initial credit of 40 dirhams to 80 dirhams without any credit included.
A van loaded to the brim transporting Belgian tourists on their way to Morocco was intercepted by the gendarmerie elements of the Gironde region during this vacation period.