Editing Dili (section)

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[[File:Dili-TL A3 District Map 110813-001.png|thumb|2013 road map of Dili Municipality, with the old city of Dili in the top-right inset]]
As of 2015, Dili Municipality had {{convert|1475|km|mi}} of roads, of which half were classified as National, District, or Urban.<ref name="MOF2015"/>{{rp|106}} The roads heading into and out of Dili to the East and West carry over 1,000 non-motorbike vehicles daily.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|72}} In addition to the Eastern and Western national roads, a third national road extends south from the city.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|73}} Within Dili, there is rising congestion.<ref name="SDP2011"/>{{rp|72}} Poor road quality is the most common cause of accidents and delays.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|4–13}} Many roads are unpaved, and within the old quarter, streets are often one-way. The only four lane roads in the city are National Road A01 and Banana Road.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|4–1}} As of 2016, there were four [[roundabout]]s and 11 intersections with traffic lights.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|4–2}} Few routes travel along the east-west axis, and for most of the time since independence there was [[CPLP Bridge|only one vehicular crossing]] across the Comoro river.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|4–1}} This bridge was expanded from two lanes to four lanes in June 2013.<ref name="MPW2014"/>{{rp|1}} The two-lane [[Hinode Bridge]] was opened upriver in September 2018, connecting Banana road to National Road No 03.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jica.go.jp/easttimor/english/office/topics/press180913_en.html |title=Opening of the Comoro Bridge III |publisher=JICA |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=11 July 2021 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711152119/https://www.jica.go.jp/easttimor/english/office/topics/press180913_en.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is expected that this bridge will also be expanded to four lanes in the future.<ref name="MPW2014"/>{{rp|iii}}

The usual form of public transportation within the city is the [[minibus]], which are operated by private companies that purchase route franchises from the government. Each vehicle usually has a capacity of ten people. There are no formal schedules and few official bus stops.<ref name="JICA2016"/>{{rp|4–4, 4–5}} Fares are cheap, at $0.25. Dili is also served by a fleet of air-conditioned blue taxis, whose drivers are expected to speak Tetum and English.<ref name="Asia2018"/>{{rp|16}}

Street names are in Portuguese, as are many official signs labelling locations. Tetum is used for more informational signage. English and Indonesian are rare in official signage, but are more common elsewhere. Chinese is used on some informal signage, while non-Tetum Timorese languages are not used.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Taylor-Leech |first1=Kerry Jane |title=Language choice as an index of identity: linguistic landscape in Dili, Timor-Leste |journal=International Journal of Multilingualism |date=14 June 2011 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=24–31 |doi=10.1080/14790718.2011.583654 |s2cid=145011382 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14790718.2011.583654 |access-date=15 July 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209151348/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14790718.2011.583654 |url-status=live }}</ref> Even under Indonesian rule, during which the use of [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] was banned, Portuguese street names like ''Avenida Marechal Carmona'' remained unchanged, although they were prefixed with the [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] word ''Jalan'' or 'road'.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=m4C6AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Jalan+Avenida+Marechal+Carmona%22++ ''Indonesia: A Travel Survival Kit''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327140804/https://books.google.com/books?id=m4C6AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Jalan+Avenida+Marechal+Carmona%22++ |date=27 March 2023 }}, Joe Cummings, Lonely Planet, 1990, pages 657–658</ref>