The President took a ride on public transport and got acquainted with the quality of services

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the bus park No. 7 of the joint-stock company “Toshshahartranshismat".

Every issue related to the daily life of the population is under the constant attention of the state. In particular, due to the growing demand, the public transport system is developing.

In recent years, the city of Tashkent has expanded. The number of permanent and temporary residents, tourists, and students has increased. If earlier 800-900 thousand passengers used public transport in the city, now this figure has exceeded 1 million 300 thousand. Therefore, there were problems such as a shortage and a long waiting time for buses.

On December 13 last year, the head of state visited the bus park No. 18 of the capital, where he personally got acquainted with the situation and gave instructions to bring new buses, create comfortable conditions for passengers. Based on this, on February 16 of this year, the decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On measures to reform the public transport system" was adopted. During the current visit, Shavkat Mirziyoyev got acquainted with the implementation of the tasks set.

In April-May, 755 modern buses were delivered to the city of Tashkent, they were put on routes with the largest passenger traffic. As a result, the daily number of buses has reached 1400, 9 additional routes have been opened. Another 245 buses will be delivered in the coming days.

In particular, the bus fleet No. 7 has so far served 90 thousand passengers per day on 18 routes. Recently, its fleet was replenished with 67 new cars. Naturally, the capacity of passenger traffic has increased, the interval of bus traffic has decreased.

Responsible persons reported on the updated Transport Master Plan of the city of Tashkent. It was noted that it was developed based on the analysis of the expansion of the city and passenger traffic, and includes 167 routes. For 17 of them, the procedure for determining the daily plan has been canceled, thus the routes have been transferred to the distance calculation system. In June-July, the remaining 150 routes will also be transferred to this system through tenders. As a result, the regularity of trips will be ensured, the quality of service will improve.

The qualification of drivers is of no small importance. In this regard, training and retraining of drivers have been deployed at the Transport University and other educational centers. The wages of bus drivers have been doubled, more than a thousand drivers have been hired since the beginning of the year.

The Head of State stressed the importance of establishing high-quality bus service, gave instructions on streamlining the fare payment system, digitalizing traffic management and improving conditions at stops.

- The new buses have certainly created additional conditions for passengers, - said Shavkat Mirziyoyev. – The next task is to reduce traffic jams and ensure the free movement of buses. The ultimate goal is to increase the coverage of public transport in Tashkent to 2 million passengers.

The President got on the bus and drove along the route with ordinary passengers.