Yerevan municipality to replace ‘marshrutkas’ with large buses
11.08.2017,
16:36
As part of a project designed by the Yerevan Municipality to reform the public transportation system of Armenia’s capital city, all minibuses, commonly known as ‘marshrutka’, including Russia-made Gazels, will be replaced with large buses, deputy mayor Vahe Nikoyan said at a press conference.
YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. As part of a project designed by the Yerevan Municipality to reform the public transportation system of Armenia’s capital city, all minibuses, commonly known as ‘marshrutka’, including Russia-made Gazels, will be replaced with large buses, deputy mayor Vahe Nikoyan said at a press conference.
"We plan to stop using minibuses and replace them with large buses. For example, the Chinese buses used today are small ones," he said. Nikoyan said also that the municipality is considering all possible ways to avoid a fare rise.
Earlier this year the city administration signed an agreement with the British company WYG International Limited for studying the city’s public transport system and proposing ways to improve it. The company should present a preliminary option of reforms next month. The implementation of the project is very likely to start in 2018, according to Nikoyan.
Also, according to the deputy mayor, large buses will significantly relieve the city's transport system. Earlier, Karen Chilingaryan, the head of Consumer Advisory Center, said that Armenia’s public transport system was the worst among all post-Soviet countries and the only country that compared with it was perhaps Tajikistan. -0-
"We plan to stop using minibuses and replace them with large buses. For example, the Chinese buses used today are small ones," he said. Nikoyan said also that the municipality is considering all possible ways to avoid a fare rise.
Earlier this year the city administration signed an agreement with the British company WYG International Limited for studying the city’s public transport system and proposing ways to improve it. The company should present a preliminary option of reforms next month. The implementation of the project is very likely to start in 2018, according to Nikoyan.
Also, according to the deputy mayor, large buses will significantly relieve the city's transport system. Earlier, Karen Chilingaryan, the head of Consumer Advisory Center, said that Armenia’s public transport system was the worst among all post-Soviet countries and the only country that compared with it was perhaps Tajikistan. -0-
