Urban Transport in the OIC Megacities
78
Table 7: Number of licensed vehicles between 2011 and 2014 in Egypt
Vehicle 2014 2013 2012 2011
Difference
2011 to
2014
Private Car 3,592,822 3,380,104 3,231,513 3,074,862 +17%
Motorcycle 2,135,985 1,772,333 1,674,812 1,509,373 +42%
Lorry and Truck 1,083,938 1,033,849 1,020,378 978,731 +11%
Taxi 320,098 317,253 307,166 359,252 -11%
Other (eg
Political/Governate/Go
vernment etc vehicles)
162,295 165,418 185,879 224,782 -28%
Tourist/Travel/school
bus
72,255 67,849 56,139 54,924 +32%
Tuk Tuk 65,844 51,213 49,574 0
Private Bus 38,227 36,672 31,556 36,270 +5%
Public Bus 16,494 16,420 19,417 19,104 -14%
Source: Data from Central Agency for Public Organization and Statistics, 2014
Interestingly whilst this shows a 17% increase in the number of cars licensed between 2011 and 2014,
it shows the phenomenal growth in Motorcycles (42%), a significant growth in trucks (11%) a small
increase in private buses but a large reduction in public buses. It also shows the phenomenal increase
in Tuk Tuk’s from none registered in 2011 to over 65,000 in 2014.
Increased private car ownership: low bank loans, inexpensive fuel and increased local car
production/assembly has compounded the GCR traffic congestion. The figure below compares Cairo
cars per 1000/population (which is relatively lower than other cities) and its vehicles/KM road which
is relatively high and out of proportion with the cars by population:
Figure 18: Number of cars in Cairo compared to other cities
Source: Slide 37 Prof Khaled El Araby International Symposium February 2013