[1] The BRT project was originally funded through a soft loan provided by the Agence Française de Développement for $166 million directly to the Greater Amman Municipality.

[2] Claims by the House of Representatives and the Audit Bureau that the project is unfeasible led the government to halt construction and hire a foreign consultant to review the scheme in 2011.

[4][5] Amman benefits from a BRT or Bus Rapid Transit system for a variety of reasons, mostly to do with the environmental and traffic restrictions.

This far exceeds the WHO guideline of 10 micrograms per cubic meter air, and due to transit being a primary factor in Greenhouse Gas emissions, targeting this sector is seen as being a possible solution.

Passengers on Amman streets frequently experience poor speeds at approximately 15 km/h during peak periods on public transit.