Saturday, June 11, 2016

The new mayor of Bucharest, on her plan for free public transit

business-review.eu : "Gabriela Firea, the newly elected mayor of Bucharest, said the public transit system in the city will become free for passangers only after some essential conditions are met.

She says that the free surface transit could convince more people to leave their cars at home and contribute to the reduction of traffic congestion.

“I want to underline the fact that I will apply these measures in a reasonable period of time,” said Firea.

The new mayor said that her plan includes the acquisition of 300 new buses and  the transformation of the state-owned transit company RATB into a commercial company. She also said that Bucharest will have special bus lanes."