During «Straight line» with the townspeople Head of the city administration, Igor Pushkarev said about the changes taking place with public transport.
First of all, the residents of Vladivostok interested in new bus routes and improved service quality — remember that raising fare carriers have argued exactly the purchase and refurbishment of the fleet.
— With the introduction of new bus routes have changed the distribution of passengers. Is that so?
— Yes, it is. Ideally, we try to create a route network that any two points of the city you can connect direct or with a minimum of transfers. Passenger traffic will be redistributed in the future. Now the routes go over bridges, it became much easier. Unfortunately, there is a certain inertia of thinking, the citizens are getting used to the new schemes. There are new buses, new routes of medium size.
— Why the choice fell on «Volkswagen»?
— The invitation sent to all manufacturers. Considered and Korean, and Chinese, and Russian models. Even journalists participated in the trials: How will different buses on our rough roads. Important and safety, and comfort of the passengers that there is enough space and warm in winter. At the finish, we competed, «Mercedes» and «Volkswagen», which offered lower prices of Korean. They are ready to open a service center in Vladivostok, in general, these companies are interested in the new market. «Volkswagen» offered better conditions and we agreed. The first batch of vehicles is already gone from Nizhny Novgorod, Vladivostok, come to us at the beginning of May. They will be until 100. They will be equipped with GLONASS and all the systems that are now public transport are considered standard. In particular, they will all have terminals for cashless tolls. These systems, we plan to establish in general at all avtbusah Vladivostok, not just municipal.
— Concluding the topic of transport: what are the benefits of GLONASS?
— Most passengers complain — buses do not go at night, disrupted schedule. Carriers on the other hand argue that everything is OK. Now just look at the GLONASS data to find out who is right and who is wrong. Even if the driver exceeds the speed of the route — it\’s easy to figure out. During the month, we plan to launch a new feature: passenger will be able to phone or tablet to see where he is right bus to go out on time.