Public transportation is needed for Phnom Penh as the city population is getting bigger and the city is expanding. Public transportation could help reduce expenses, save fuel, reduce congestion, and reduce carbon footprint. Here, we got 2 letters from the Phnom Penh city hall website. The first one is the letter that the city hall is seeking companies to invest in public bus and the second is the letter of the result of shortlisted companies. This is a good step toward public transportation in Phnom Penh city.

1st letter

2nd letter

After the 1st Public Gym in front of Wat Oudnalom was successfully launched, the 2nd project on the Park at the east of the Ministry of National Defense, along Road 169 had been established. That public gym was built on the existing park by sharing a space size of 920m2 and equipped 18 different types of equipments. Most of those equipments were imported and the rests were local.
Project Site: On Road 169, Mittapheap Commune, 7 Makara District
Project Owner: The Phnom Penh Capital Hall
Contractor: Mony Morakod Company
Duration: Started from October 17, 2011 and expects to complete on January 30, 2012 (107 days)
Budget: 163,000,000.00 Riels about 40,177.USD
Result Accomplished: 80%

A delegation led by Mr. Kazutoshi FUKUDA, Managing Director of Kyosan Electric Mfg Co., Ltd and Mr. Yasuyoshi MUGIYA, Senior Managing Director of Toshiba Corporation held a discussion with H.E Governor KEP Chuk Tema in the morning of January 18, 2012 to present the modern technological products equipped with traffic signal aiming to reduce congestion in the city, especially to reduce green gas transmitted from vehicles which gradually increased each day. 



Mr. Kazutoshi FUKUDA had presented the new technology to establish electric light rail transit (LRT) which maximum could alleviate air pollution in the city and it could be easily recharged its power without using fuel. There was a special system which could create its own energy by battery from solar system. Moreover, Toshiba Corporation had also mentioned that aiming to reduce the traffic congestion; Toshiba had created a new technology with traffic light system, that equipment could automatically manage the stopping time for each intersection and it also could alert the traffic congestion at any intersection automatically if it is required.


H.E Governor had cheerfully appreciated to new and modern technology presented by the Japanese while Phnom Penh had been gradually developed and challenged with some difficulties to be solved. Moreover, the Capital Hall had already worked on a cooperation project for public transport (Tramway) starting from Phnom Penh International Airport to Preah Sakkchak Mony Chetdie which was strongly supported by Government of France, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with Systra Company; thus H.E Governor suggested to Japanese companies to apply their investment project proposal for consideration.