Qatar's Advisory Council has discussed probable solutions with the Ministry of Administrative Development to ease the increasing traffic congestion in the country including changing the working hours of the ministries.

All government offices have about the same working hours and most of them are located in one part of the city that leads to chaos on Doha roads in the mornings and early afternoons on weekdays.

School hours clashing with office hours of government departments adds to the congestion during peak hours early mornings and afternoons.

The Advisory Council has decided to forward the recommendations to the government. They also include suggestions for building multi-storey parking facilities at different locations in the city.

According to a report by The Peninsula, the recommendations ask the government to further restrict some categories of expatriates from acquiring driver's licence.

There is an existing ban on certain expatriates based on job titles in their work permit. However, the ban has been deemed ineffective as companies might be asked to provide transport to their employees to come to work and go back home. 

One of the other major recommendation was that some of the commercial activities that remain concentrated in Doha should be taken outside the capital city.

What do you think of these recommendations? What do you think is the best way to ease traffic congestion in Doha?