Editing Transport in Serbia (section)

==Road transport==
{{Main|Roads in Serbia}}
[[File:Мапа ауто-путева октобар 2023..jpg|alt=|thumb|Serbian motorway network:<br />{{legend|green|In service}}{{legend|red|Under construction}}{{legend|gray|Planned}}]]
[[File:Ауто-пут БГ-НИ поред Ражња - Belgrade-Niš Highway near Ražanj.jpg|left|thumb|Belgrade-Niš motorway]]

Serbian road network carries the bulk of traffic in the country: some 55.8 million passengers (carried by buses) and 13 million tons (carried by trucks) in 2018.<ref name="publikacije.stat.gov.rs">{{Cite web | url=http://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G20191169.pdf | title=Total transport of passengers and goods, 2017 and 2018 | publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia | website=publikacije.stat.gov.rs}}</ref> The road network are of comparatively lower quality to the Western European standards because of lack of financial resources for their maintenance in the last 20 years.

As of 2019, total length of roads is 45,419&nbsp;km; major roads are categorized as "state roads" (with total length of 16,179&nbsp;km) while minor roads are categorized as "municipal roads" (with total length of 23,780&nbsp;km).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/index.php/en/about-us |title=About Us – PE "Roads of Serbia" |access-date=2018-01-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230072002/http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/index.php/en/about-us |archive-date=2017-12-30 }}</ref><ref name="pod2.stat.gov.rs">{{Cite web | url=http://pod2.stat.gov.rs/ObjavljenePublikacije/G2016/pdf/G20162019.pdf | title=Statistical Yearbook 2016 | access-date=2024-07-30 | website=pod2.stat.gov.rs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/sr/putna-mrea-republike-srbije |title= Putna mreža Republike Srbije|website=putevi-srbije.rs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217053433/http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/sr/putna-mrea-republike-srbije |archive-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> By type of roads:

* motorways: 891&nbsp;km
* expressways: 24&nbsp;km
* other roads (paved): 29,300&nbsp;km
* other roads (unpaved): 15,250&nbsp;km

In 2018, statistics on registered vehicles were as follows:<ref name="pod2.stat.gov.rs"/>
* 1,999,771 passenger cars (1 per 3.5 inhabitants)
* 9,929 buses and coaches
* 223,629 lorries and vans
* 66,433 motorcycles and mopeds
 
[[Coach (bus)|Coach]] transport is very extensive: almost every place in the country is connected by bus, from largest cities to the villages. In addition, there are international routes to the neighboring countries (such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and North Macedonia) as well as to Western Europe (mainly to countries of Western Europe with large Serb diaspora such as Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, etc.). Routes, both domestic and international, are served by more than hundred [[intercity bus service|intercity coach services]], biggest of which are [[Lasta Beograd|Lasta]] and [[Niš-Ekspres]].

=== Electric charging network ===
{{As of|2019|09}}, 148 EVs were registered. Serbia has a network of over 30 charging stations (including 5 that are solar powered & 2 [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]] Super Chargers) with more planned for construction.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://balkangreenenergynews.com/tesla-hoping-to-open-in-croatia-serbia-in-early-2020-elon-musk/ | title=Tesla "hoping" to open in Croatia, Serbia in early 2020 – Elon Musk| date=24 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tesla.com/findus?bounds=45.24312232405599%2C23.266057770998767%2C43.3083321761554%2C18.162908356936267&zoom=9&filters=store%2Cservice%2Csupercharger%2Cdestination%20charger|title=Find Us &#124; Tesla}}</ref> In 2020, Serbia introduced new purchase & tax incentives for EVs & Hybrids offering up to 5000 euros to help accelerate electrification.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.electrive.com/2020/03/17/serbia-installs-subsidies-for-most-electrified-vehicles/ |title = Serbia installs subsidies for most electrified vehicles|date = 17 March 2020}}</ref> 
 
Serbia is also home to about 1% of global Lithium reserves, the mining & processing of which will be done in partnership with [[Rio Tinto (corporation)|Rio Tinto]] who have committed $1.5 billion of investment in the country.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://seenews.com/news/serbia-rio-tinto-jointly-looking-for-investor-in-batteryev-factory-pm-688858 |title = Serbia, Rio Tinto jointly looking for investor in battery/EV factory – PM| website=SeeNews | date=27 February 2020 }}</ref> The government is currently looking to utilize this resource to produce a major EV battery plant & Rio Tinto is helping locate a strategic partner for this venture.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/serbian-government-and-rio-tinto-looking-for-a-partner-for-production-of-electric-car-batteries/ | title=Serbian government and Rio Tinto looking for a partner for production of electric car batteries| date=27 February 2020}}</ref>

===Historical preview===
[[File:Autoput80.jpg|thumb|[[Brotherhood and Unity Highway|Brotherhood and Unity motorway]] in [[Yugoslavia]]|left]]
The [[Brotherhood and Unity Highway]] was one of the first motorways of Central-Eastern Europe. Opened as early as 1950, it became the backbone of Yugoslav road system, and linked Belgrade through [[Zagreb]] and [[Ljubljana]] with Austrian border, and through [[Niš]] and [[Skopje]] with Greek border. It became the main road link between Central Europe and South-Eastern Europe and Middle East. Nowadays, the section going from Belgrade to the Croatian border is known as the [[A3 motorway (Serbia)|A3]], and links Serbia directly by motorway to Slovenia, Italy, Austria and the rest of Western Europe. While the section linking Belgrade to Niš and further to the border with [[North Macedonia]] is the [[A1 motorway (Serbia)|A1 motorway]] and stretches all the way until [[Athens]], passing through Skopje and [[Thessaloniki]]. With the break-up of Yugoslavia and the geostrategical change, the A1 was linked with the motorway linking Belgrade further North towards [[Novi Sad]], [[Subotica]] and the border with [[Hungary]] going all way until [[Budapest]]. In Niš, the motorway has an extension that runs through [[Pirot]] towards the border with Bulgaria, linking it further with Bulgarian capital [[Sofia]] and running all the way until [[Istanbul]] becoming the most accessible motorway linking the Balkans with Turkey, Middle East and rest of Asia.