Bus lanes only right way - Yerevan mayor
ArmInfo.According to preliminary plans, in September the Yerevan Municipality intends to complete the work on equipping Isahakyan and Moskovyan streets with separate bus lanes, which will continue along Mashtots Avenue. This was stated on August 26 during a working meeting of the Yerevan Municipality by the head of the transport department of the capital's municipality Vazgen Harutyunyan.
As a result of the changes, as he noted, traffic along Moskovyan and Isahakyan streets will become one- way. In particular, along Moskovyan Street, traffic will be organized from Mashtots Avenue in the direction of Khanjyan Street, and along Isahakyan Street - in the opposite direction.
In this regard, Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan emphasized that the introduction of separate bus lanes for the capital's roads is the only right way. , - he said, noting that there is no alternative to this reform.
As noted, the process of implementing the reform will be monitored by partners from the French region of Ile-de-France, who will be in the Armenian capital on a working visit in September.
It was also reported at the meeting that 171 new buses and 15 trolleybuses will arrive in Yerevan by the end of October. Regarding the unified ticket system, Yerevan Vice Mayor Suren Grigoryan noted that the latter is in the acceptance stage, which will be completed by September 15. By the same date, according to him, a new example of a bus stop will be presented.