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YEREVAN TRAFFIC CREATES CHAOS
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Road police
officers in Yerevan say the crucial increase in the
number of cars is number one problem that hinders
their efforts to bring some order to the streets.
Around 12,000 cars are said to be bought by Yerevan
residents annually. In addition to it, some 20,000
other cars enter the city from nearby and remote
regions.
A drastic increase in the number of taxis is
another problem. Some 6,000 officially registered
taxis alone run in the town's streets, but road police
officers say their real number is thrice bigger,
implicating that some 12,000 taxis are not registered
avoiding taxes.
The government has released 600 million drams for
upgrading traffic lights in Yerevan. The Yerevan
municipality is negotiating with World Bank a credit
that it wants to spend on reforming the transport
system. Last week the president of the country
instructed several government agencies to join efforts
and bring order to the streets, saying the focus must
be on thousands of minibuses which are the main
commuter means in the city.
Police officers are trying to prevent minibuses to
stop and pick up or unload passengers wherever they
want, but at special stops only.
Officials in Yerevan municipality cite also the
construction boom in the city, the absence of a ring
road and few parking lots as yet other reasons that
create chaos in the streets.
YEREVAN TRAFFIC CREATES CHAOS
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: Road police
officers in Yerevan say the crucial increase in the
number of cars is number one problem that hinders
their efforts to bring some order to the streets.
Around 12,000 cars are said to be bought by Yerevan
residents annually. In addition to it, some 20,000
other cars enter the city from nearby and remote
regions.
A drastic increase in the number of taxis is
another problem. Some 6,000 officially registered
taxis alone run in the town's streets, but road police
officers say their real number is thrice bigger,
implicating that some 12,000 taxis are not registered
avoiding taxes.
The government has released 600 million drams for
upgrading traffic lights in Yerevan. The Yerevan
municipality is negotiating with World Bank a credit
that it wants to spend on reforming the transport
system. Last week the president of the country
instructed several government agencies to join efforts
and bring order to the streets, saying the focus must
be on thousands of minibuses which are the main
commuter means in the city.
Police officers are trying to prevent minibuses to
stop and pick up or unload passengers wherever they
want, but at special stops only.
Officials in Yerevan municipality cite also the
construction boom in the city, the absence of a ring
road and few parking lots as yet other reasons that
create chaos in the streets.