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ARMENIAN RADIO VAN TO BE CARRYING YEREVAN RESIDENTS FOR FREE IN ITS MICROBUS
YEREVAN, July 23./ARKA/
Armenian radio station Van will allocate a microbus on July 24 for
free transportation of Yerevan residents, the radio station posted
this at its official page in Facebook.
According to this information, the microbus with Radio Van logo will
depart from Gay Monument (Nor Nork district) every day at 09:00 to
Rossiya mall through Abovyan and Khanjyan streets and from Rossiya
mall will take the road back to Gay Monument at 18:00.
Passengers will be able to speak in a live radio broadcast and listen
to music in the microbus.
Starting from July 20, Yerevan residents have to pay 150 drams for
traveling by buses and minibuses instead of the present 100 drams.
Traveling by trolleybus will cost 100 drams instead of the current
50 drams. The subway fare remains unchanged, at 100 drams.
This price hike has triggered public backlash in Yerevan. Protests
are being staged here with slogan "We Refuse to Pay 150 Drams!"
representatives of show business, political activists and journalists
have launched own protest campaign called Free Car. They are carrying
people from remote areas of the city to downtown and back in their
cars for free.
Besides, public activists are distributing leaflets calling people
not to pay new fares. ---0---
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YEREVAN, July 23./ARKA/
Armenian radio station Van will allocate a microbus on July 24 for
free transportation of Yerevan residents, the radio station posted
this at its official page in Facebook.
According to this information, the microbus with Radio Van logo will
depart from Gay Monument (Nor Nork district) every day at 09:00 to
Rossiya mall through Abovyan and Khanjyan streets and from Rossiya
mall will take the road back to Gay Monument at 18:00.
Passengers will be able to speak in a live radio broadcast and listen
to music in the microbus.
Starting from July 20, Yerevan residents have to pay 150 drams for
traveling by buses and minibuses instead of the present 100 drams.
Traveling by trolleybus will cost 100 drams instead of the current
50 drams. The subway fare remains unchanged, at 100 drams.
This price hike has triggered public backlash in Yerevan. Protests
are being staged here with slogan "We Refuse to Pay 150 Drams!"
representatives of show business, political activists and journalists
have launched own protest campaign called Free Car. They are carrying
people from remote areas of the city to downtown and back in their
cars for free.
Besides, public activists are distributing leaflets calling people
not to pay new fares. ---0---
- See more at:
http://arka.am/en/news/society/armenian_radio_van_to_be_carrying_yerevan_resident s_for_free_in_its_microbus_/#sthash.0ncRJfxS.dpuf