‘Something must be done urgently’: Trnava residents battle daily traffic jams

Residents of Zagreb’s Trnava district say daily traffic jams have made parts of the neighborhood increasingly difficult to navigate.

One resident described queues, long waits and obstructed traffic on Zelenički put, particularly from around 4 p.m. to 6 or 7 p.m. “Every day we witness increasingly heavy traffic,” the resident wrote on social media. “Queues, waiting and difficult driving have become everyday life for residents of this part of the neighborhood.”

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Every day we witness increasingly heavy traffic on Zelenički put, especially in the afternoon, roughly from 4 to 6 or 7 p.m. Queues, waiting and difficult driving have become everyday life for residents of this part of the neighborhood.

The resident said the problem had continued for a long time and urged municipal officials, local community representatives and other authorities to visit the area and propose a concrete solution. Residents, the post said, lose time in queues every day.

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We understand that traffic has increased and that some things cannot be influenced overnight, but the question is what is concretely being done to solve this problem.

A second Zagreb resident said conditions were similarly chaotic on nearby streets. “In Poljane, we stood for two and a half hours the other day, even though we live there,” she wrote. “We simply could not get through because of the gridlock. Something must be done urgently.” She suggested allowing only residents of designated streets to pass between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Another resident argued that the road and crossing were not designed to handle the current volume of vehicles, while acknowledging that diverting the traffic would also be difficult.

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In Poljane, we stood for two and a half hours the other day, even though we live there. We simply could not get through because of the gridlock. Something must be done urgently.