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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is invested in infrastructure development. Highways and bridges he inspects are the most visible part of a big infrastructure push meant to galvanise Egypt's economy after decades of rapid population growth and unplanned building. However, traffic congestion persists. There are many causes for traffic congestion in Cairo. Fuel subsidies make gasoline and diesel inexpensive, encouraging more private cars on the road. Cars are either circulating or parked on the streets, thereby blocking the traffic, since there are no or few parking facilities. The metro ridership is high, but the metro coverage is very limited for a city as big as Cairo, and buses are few and old. Minibuses and taxis help transporting a lot of people, but generally need to be safer, cleaner and be able to pick up and drop off passengers more easily. There are few road crossings for pedestrians and sidewalks are often blocked by vendors. There are also few traffic lights and intersections, and U-turns are badly managed and slow traffic substantially. Drivers’ behavior and poor enforcement often result in the general disregard of traffic rules. While lane markings exist, they are often ignored. As seen here on a busy highway, people walk in the middle of the traffic selling things such as candy and bottled water. As one trip leader stated, "Driving in Egypt is avoiding everyone else's mistakes"
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