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CONSUMER ADVOCATE TO GOV'T: YEREVAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS AWFUL
hetq
June 28, 2011
Armen Poghosyan, President of the Consumers' Association, has penned an
open letter to Prime Minister Sargsyan and Yerevan Mayor Karapetyan,
complaining about the awful state of public transportation in the
Armenian capital.
Mr. Poghosyan points out that the current aging fleet of microbuses
in Yerevan is totally inadequate to handle the transportation needs
of city passengers given their run-down condition and cramped quarters.
(Some of these "mashkrutakas" are so tiny that people are forced to
bend their hands and perform other feats of physical contortion just
to fit in)
He states that increasing the number of regular buses is a stop-gap
measure at best and that inefficient gas-guzzlers will not resolve
the issue of exhaust fumes released into the atmosphere.
Mr. Poghosyan calls on the government to devise a long-term
transportation strategy that centers on electric vehicles - trolley
buses, light rail, etc.
The consumer advocate argues that such a program would cut back on
gasoline consumption and rely on a commodity, electricity, which is
domestically produced.
From: Baghdasarian
hetq
June 28, 2011
Armen Poghosyan, President of the Consumers' Association, has penned an
open letter to Prime Minister Sargsyan and Yerevan Mayor Karapetyan,
complaining about the awful state of public transportation in the
Armenian capital.
Mr. Poghosyan points out that the current aging fleet of microbuses
in Yerevan is totally inadequate to handle the transportation needs
of city passengers given their run-down condition and cramped quarters.
(Some of these "mashkrutakas" are so tiny that people are forced to
bend their hands and perform other feats of physical contortion just
to fit in)
He states that increasing the number of regular buses is a stop-gap
measure at best and that inefficient gas-guzzlers will not resolve
the issue of exhaust fumes released into the atmosphere.
Mr. Poghosyan calls on the government to devise a long-term
transportation strategy that centers on electric vehicles - trolley
buses, light rail, etc.
The consumer advocate argues that such a program would cut back on
gasoline consumption and rely on a commodity, electricity, which is
domestically produced.
From: Baghdasarian