In order to solve the land scarcity problem in the main urban mass, successive governments made the development of new urban areas for the GC residents a priority ever since the fifties of the last century. These areas mostly were desert lands, and over time, they turned to be urban areas. Today, there are seven new already-established urban communities in the GC, namely the 6th of October, Sheikh Zayed, New Cairo, Obour, Shorouk, Badr and the 15th of May. These communities suffered from a slowdown in growth until five years ago; however, lately they started to take faster steps towards growth.
The government tried to increase numbers of buses that reached to the new urban communities but they couldn't solve this problem of the far distance between the new urban communities and the work areas in the commercial heart of the city. So, the best suitable solution is to use the subway.
Metro Lines:
There are new metro lines will be added gradually to the already existing three lines, with the objective of enhancing the connection between the major urban centers. And the project of establishing the fourth line will be launched soon. The addition of more lines to the public transportation will also participate in increasing the density of the public transportation network in the main urban center.

• The network, 77 kilometers long until now. (2 lines and 2 phases of 3rd line)
• There is a strategic plan to become 6 lines until 2023