In 2019, Ukrainian transport companies increased passenger turnover by 3.3% YoY, according to a report on the implementation of the program of activities of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. “Passenger traffic continued to grow (3.3% against 5.1% in 2018) due to the stable development of air transport in the context of the liberalization of…
Residents of Tallinn have rejected mayor Mihhail Kolvart’s proposal to limit driving speed within city limits to 40 km/h, forcing the municipality to look for other ways to control road traffic speed. The proposal to limit driving speed in Tallinn to 40 km/h was presented in autumn 2019. The idea was justified with how several…
Europe’s largest bus company, FlixBus, will start traveling to Tallinn under plans to expand to eastern and western Europe in the first half of 2020. The Ministry of Economy has approved FlixBus Polska’s request to open bus routes on Berlin-Tallinn, Warsaw-Tallinn and Prague-Tallinn. “We are preparing to start operations in the Baltic States,” said Michal…
Head of Ukravtodor Automobile Road Agency Oleksandr Kubrakov says Ukraine’s main highways network could be upgraded within two or three years. “I think the country has a chance to get good roads and renew their main network in two or three years. But we can show a truly unprecedented result and construction scope as early…
The Serbian national airline Air Serbia announced the launch of regular flights from Lviv to Belgrade (Serbia) from June, the press service of Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport reported. “Starting from June 5, Air Serbia opens a new direction on the Lviv-Belgrade route. Flights will be operated four times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays…
In January, the Freeport of Riga handled 2,130,200 tons of cargo, down by 25% YoY. Transshipment of dry bulk cargo fell by 33.1%, to 1,265,000 tons, liquid bulk cargo – by 8.5%, to 259,300 tons, and general cargo – by 9.2%, to 606,200 tons. The port’s container throughput climbed by 0.2%, to 428,156 TEUs. In…
Budget commission of the Bishkek City Council has approved of a purchase of 50 buses at the expense of the capital’s budget, the First Vice Mayor of Bishkek Almaz Baketaev announced at a planned meeting at the City Hall. He instructed the head of the Bishkek Passenger Transport Enterprise Nurlan Koichubakov to speed up the…