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YEREVAN MAYOR'S OFFICE URGED TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT
ARKA
Sep 27, 2011
YEREVAN, September 27. / ARKA /. Armen Poghosian, chairman of the
Association of Armenian Consumers, urged today the Yerevan Mayor's
Office to direct all available resources to development of electrical
transport, namely the subway system and trolley buses.
"Armenia does not produce fuel, but generates a great deal of
electricity. Therefore, fuel consumption must be replaced by
electricity consumption where it is possible," he said at a news
conference.According to Mr. Poghosian, the city authorities chose a
wrong concept of urban transport development that calls for cutting on
the number of minibuses and replacing them with small and large buses.
"Investments must be directed to expand and boost the subway system
and trolley-buses. The available funds must be used rationally, instead
of spending huge amounts of money to buy uncomfortable Chinese buses,"
he said.
He also said that at present minibuses account for about 90% of the
total number of public transport vehicles. In his opinion, they should
make only 3%. Mr. Poghosian said the Association of Armenian Consumers
sent a letter with proposals how to develop public transport, to the
government, but received a vague answer.
The Yerevan municipality said first batch of 66 comfortable and
modern Chinese buses, which will join the fleet of public transport
in Yerevan, is to arrive in November. The buses are purchased on a
grant awarded to Armenia by the government of China. The second batch
of 170 buses is expected in the first quarter of 2012.
From: Baghdasarian
ARKA
Sep 27, 2011
YEREVAN, September 27. / ARKA /. Armen Poghosian, chairman of the
Association of Armenian Consumers, urged today the Yerevan Mayor's
Office to direct all available resources to development of electrical
transport, namely the subway system and trolley buses.
"Armenia does not produce fuel, but generates a great deal of
electricity. Therefore, fuel consumption must be replaced by
electricity consumption where it is possible," he said at a news
conference.According to Mr. Poghosian, the city authorities chose a
wrong concept of urban transport development that calls for cutting on
the number of minibuses and replacing them with small and large buses.
"Investments must be directed to expand and boost the subway system
and trolley-buses. The available funds must be used rationally, instead
of spending huge amounts of money to buy uncomfortable Chinese buses,"
he said.
He also said that at present minibuses account for about 90% of the
total number of public transport vehicles. In his opinion, they should
make only 3%. Mr. Poghosian said the Association of Armenian Consumers
sent a letter with proposals how to develop public transport, to the
government, but received a vague answer.
The Yerevan municipality said first batch of 66 comfortable and
modern Chinese buses, which will join the fleet of public transport
in Yerevan, is to arrive in November. The buses are purchased on a
grant awarded to Armenia by the government of China. The second batch
of 170 buses is expected in the first quarter of 2012.
From: Baghdasarian