Land transport sector transactions grow 79% in Q2

Doha, Qatar: The land transport sector has become a key enabler of the Qatari economy as the country has continued its efforts to develop a state of t...

Doha, Qatar: The land transport sector has become a key enabler of the Qatari economy as the country has continued its efforts to develop a state-of-the-art transport network in line with the goals of the Qatar National Vision 2030.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) conducted 2,971 transactions through its Land Transport Sector in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, the ministry said in a post on its X platform, recently.

This shows a surge of 78.76% on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis when compared to the second quarter of the last year as MoT conducted 1,662 transactions through its Land Transport Sector in Q2 of last year.

Out of the total 2,971 transactions; 1571 dealt with land transport licensing, 766 were related to road affairs, and 634 transactions to land transport planning. The main services of the land transport sector include road defects detection, safety on roads, directional signs, building permit requests, traffic impact studies, and approval of land transport network planning cases.

The services also include issuing preliminary approvals for limousine business activities, land transport activities, and car rental business activities.