Land Transport: 79 operational decisions to enhance transport services in the governorates

She added that the decisions targeted aligning the number and types of vehicles with the size of the demand and the nature of operation on each line, and enhancing lines that witness additional need, alongside replacing vehicles to increase capacity and improve the level of service.

The decisions also included unifying some routes and redistributing transport services to reduce overlap and increase operational efficiency, in addition to expanding the role of cooperative and charitable associations in serving local areas and peripheral communities.

Al-Amri said that the decisions during 2025 included lines and areas in the capital Amman, Irbid, Zarqa, Balqa, Jerash, Ajloun, Mafraq, Madaba, Ma'an, and Aqaba.

In Irbid, the decisions included the Irbid-Duqra, Irbid-San'ar, Irbid-Jifna, and Irbid-Engineers Housing lines, in addition to organizing the routes of the Irbid-Ajloun line and unifying the routes of vehicles operating on Irbid/Ajloun and Irbid/Ain Jna/Ajloun, in addition to the transport services linked to the Eastern District in Irbid.

In Jerash, the decisions included the Muqabala-Jerash, Jerash-Al-Baq'a-Jordan University, Jerash-Sweileh-Jordan University, and Blil-Jerash lines, while in Ajloun it extended to the Ajloun-Qal'at Ajloun-Telferik line and local transport services in Anjara.

In Mafraq, the decisions addressed the Mafraq-Manshiyat Bani Hassan, Mafraq-Al-Dajneh, Mafraq-Sweileh, and Mafraq-Manshiyat Al-Qabalan-Al-Dafyana lines, with procedures to align the number and types of vehicles with operational needs and unify some routes.

In Zarqa, the decisions included the Zarqa-Jebel Tariq line, the Amman-Autostrada-Zarqa line, in addition to issuing a call for the operation of passenger transport lines in the governorate, and replacing the buses operating on the Zarqa-Jerash line with medium buses with capacities that match operational requirements.

In Madaba, the decisions included the Madaba-Mu'tah University line, and included fixing two medium buses and approving the replacement of one bus with two medium buses, in addition to other decisions related to determining the routes of vehicles.

Decisions cover southern governorates

In the south of the Kingdom, the decisions in Tafila included the Tafila-Amman and Tafila-Ma'an lines, by replacing medium buses with large buses suitable for the nature of operation and demand for the service.

In Ma'an, the decisions included the Al-Qaweira-Ma'an, Al-Marygha-Ma'an, and Al-Taibeh-Ma'an lines, in addition to the Da'lah-Al-Rajaf-Al-Taibeh-Wadi Musa line.

Community transport services also included the Al-Humaymah-Ma'an line, through the registration and licensing of a medium bus for the Al-Humaymah Abbasiya Cooperative Tourist Association, in addition to the services of the Al-Husseiniya Association for Retired Military Personnel on the Al-Husseiniya-Ma'an line.

Al-Amri pointed out that the local transport services provided by cooperative and charitable associations also included Al-Raya-Mursaa-Jisr Salhub-Al-Baq'a, Finan-Aghwar Road-Amman, and the services of the Manshiyat Al-Qabalan, Petra Gate, and Finan Sons associations.

25 lines and routes during 2026

Al-Amri explained that the decisions of 2026 included 25 lines and routes, while the number of new, replaced, or fixed vehicles within the indicators mentioned in the report reached 38 vehicles, in addition to 9 operational areas that addressed different aspects of transport services.

Among the most prominent interventions during the current year was addressing the operational challenges on the Irbid-Amman line, by replacing every four small passenger cars with a new medium bus, and enhancing the concerned company with a bus for every bus that is replaced, in addition to issuing additional operating permits according to the specified routes.

Improving border crossing services

The decisions included organizing transport services on the King Hussein Bridge, increasing the capacity of passenger cars operating on it, organizing the loading and unloading of passengers, canceling some temporary permits, and organizing the replacement of medium buses with small passenger cars.

The Authority also approved enhancing the Wadi Al-Ard Taxi Office with 12 new small passenger cars to cover the need of the crossing and improve the level of service provided to passengers.

Al-Amri confirmed that the operational decisions extended from the northern governorates of the Kingdom through the central to the southern governorates, and included lines connecting cities, towns, universities, and service sites, in addition to local transport and border crossing services.

She said that these decisions come within the efforts of the Land Transport Regulatory Authority to develop the passenger transport system, and achieve better alignment between demand and operational capacity, and improve the quality and capacity of vehicles, and organize routes, in a way that contributes to providing a more efficient public transport service and responding to the needs of citizens.