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A false bomb threat by public transport company’s employee interrupted the bus transportation in Skopje
After abomb threat for a hand grenade placed in one of the buses was sent by an employee of the Public Transport Enterprise – Skopje (JSP), all the buses of this enterprise were withdrawn this morning and were not running. As the company informed, anti-terrorism teams intervened and after the safety checks, the vehicles were gradually put back on...
Young people in North Macedonia use public transport because they have to, but dream of driving cars
The popularity of public transport in North Macedonia is in a constant decline, especially among young people. Most young people use public transport because they get free monthly passes and have no other options. Most of them would have chosen cars as their preferred option if they had the luxury to do so.
The delays or sometimes the omission of...
Urban railway vital for Skopje to ease pressure from urbanization and congestion
One of the primary and instant solutions to ease the pressure from the "concretization" of the central areas of metropolitan cities in the developed countries is the development of fast, cheap, high-capacity and safe means of mass transportation of people from the city centers toward the suburban areas and vice versa. Due to the high speed of movement, the...
Due to COVID-19 crisis, public transportation in Skopje last year with 30 million passengers less
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a drop of the number of passengers that used the public transportation in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, reaching a historic low. Last year, "JSP Skopje" (Public Enterprise for Transportation) buses and the buses of the private transportation companies transported 27.709.556 passengers, which is almost 30 million passengers less compared to 2019. In...
