Editing Cairo (section)

== Transport ==
{{Main|Transport in Cairo}}
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Cairo has an extensive road network, [[rail system]], [[Rapid transit|subway system]] and maritime services. Road transport is facilitated by personal vehicles, taxi cabs, privately owned public buses and [[Microbus#Van conversions|microbuses]]. [[Cairo International Airport]] is the country's largest airport and one of the busiest airports in Africa.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-dcVBgAAQBAJ&dq=egypt+busiest+airport&pg=PA133 |title=The Report: Egypt 2013 |publisher=Oxford Business Group |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-907065-91-0 |pages=133 |language=en |access-date=6 June 2023 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606215645/https://books.google.com/books?id=-dcVBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA133&dq=egypt+busiest+airport&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIkNb_z6__AhU0kYkEHTaQC8EQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=egypt%20busiest%20airport&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Public transportation ===
[[File:Ramses-Station.jpg|thumb|The interior of [[Ramses Station]]]]Cairo, specifically [[Ramses Station]], is the centre of almost the entire Egyptian transportation network.<ref name="TravelCairo">{{Cite book |title=Travel Cairo |year=2007 |publisher=MobileReference |isbn=978-1-60501-055-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50O9dQlwreYC&pg=PT44 |page=44 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The [[Cairo Transportation Authority]] (CTA) manages Cairo's public transit. The subway system, the [[Cairo Metro]], is a fast and efficient way of getting around Cairo. The metro network covers [[Helwan]] and other suburbs. It can get very crowded during [[rush hour]]. Two train cars (the fourth and fifth ones) are reserved for women only, although women may ride in any car they want.

[[Trams in Greater Cairo]] and Cairo trolleybus were used as modes of transportation, but were closed in the 1970s everywhere except Heliopolis and Helwan. These were shut down in 2014, after the Egyptian Revolution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cairobserver.com/post/30531431811/on-cairos-dying-trams |title=On Cairo's dying trams |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=30 August 2012 |website=cairobserver.com |access-date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128184112/http://cairobserver.com/post/30531431811/on-cairos-dying-trams |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, plans to construct [[Cairo Monorail|two monorail systems]] were announced, one linking [[6th of October (city)|6th of October]] to suburban [[Giza]], a distance of {{cvt|35|km}}, and the other linking [[Nasr City]] to [[New Cairo]], a distance of {{cvt|52|km}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-build-countrys-first-ever-monorail-cairo/ |title=Egypt to build country's first ever monorail in Cairo |last=Tawfeek |first=Fahrah |date=21 December 2017 |website=www.egyptindependent.com |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529001422/https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-build-countrys-first-ever-monorail-cairo/ |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-48435983 |title=Cairo monorail trains to be built in UK |date=28 May 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=29 May 2019 |language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529002924/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-48435983 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Cairo Rapid Transit map.png|center|thumb|600px|Cairo Metro, LRT, BRT and monorail expansion plans]]

=== Roads ===
[[File:Cairo, Egypt (46845880222).jpg|thumb|right|[[6th October Bridge]] in Cairo]]

Two trans-African automobile routes originate in Cairo: the [[Cairo-Cape Town Highway]] and the [[Cairo-Dakar Highway]]. An extensive road network connects Cairo with other Egyptian cities and villages. There is a new [[Ring road|Ring Road]] that surrounds the outskirts of the city, with exits that reach outer Cairo districts. There are flyovers and bridges, such as the [[6th October Bridge]] that, when the traffic is not heavy, allow fast means of transportation from one side of the city to the other.<ref name="TravelCairo" />

Cairo traffic is known to be overwhelming and overcrowded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/779/feature.htm |work=Al-Ahram Weekly |title = Reaching an impasse |publisher=Weekly.ahram.org.eg |date=1 February 2006 |access-date= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420135315/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/779/feature.htm |archive-date=20 April 2009|author = Reem Leila}}</ref> Traffic moves at a relatively fluid pace. Drivers tend to be aggressive, but are more courteous at junctions, taking turns going, with police aiding in [[Road traffic control|traffic control]] of some congested areas.<ref name=TravelCairo/>

=== Other forms of transport ===
* [[Bolt (company)|Bolt]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-05 |title=Bolt launches its ride-hailing operations in Cairo — Trade with Estonia |url=https://tradewithestonia.com/bolt-launches-its-ride-hailing-operations-in-cairo/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=tradewithestonia.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Cairo Nile Ferry
* Cairo Taxi/Yellow Cab
* [[Careem]]
* [[DiDi]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/09/10/chinese-ride-sharing-app-didi-chuxing-to-operate-in-egypt-mid-september/ | title=Chinese ride sharing app Didi Chuxing to operate in Egypt mid-September | work=The Daily News Egypt | date=September 10, 2021 | access-date=February 8, 2022 | archive-date=8 February 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208212915/https://dailynewsegypt.com/2021/09/10/chinese-ride-sharing-app-didi-chuxing-to-operate-in-egypt-mid-september/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Uber]]