November 5, 2026 The traffic problem in Yerevan has reached a point where government has declared it a crisis and has urged Yerevan city officials to set up a task force to address it. In the last few years traffic problems have substantially worsened in Yerevan and now in certain times of the day, traffic is almost at stand still. Traffic congestion has escalated from a daily frustration to a full-blown national crisis. Yerevan was designed for a maximum occupancy of 250,000 people, transported primarily through a transit network. Present day Yerevan has at least four times more occupants than it was designed for and a transit system that is inadequate for a city of that size. In last few years massive construction of high-rise buildings complexes is underway in Yerevan and a large number of these complexes are located in the city center. Once these high-raise buildings are fully occupied, the traffic conditions will be worsened by several folds. City streets and other infrastructure are not designed to handle such an influx of cars used by residences of these new complexes. There is no quick fix for Yerevan’s ongoing congestion woes. As the country grows wealthier, families are now buying second or third cars, which is unavoidable.