Tag: public transport

Skopje citizens will not feel the convenience of a Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT), as the Skopje City Hall refuses to implement the €70 million project, the funds for it already being provisioned through a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The previous leadership of the capital of North Macedonia in October last year announced the...

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...

The former Minister of Transport and Communications, Mile Janakieski, and the two other accused have admitted guilt in the court case "Dizajn" ("Design") about the purchase of urban transport buses for the Public Enterprise "JSP Skopje" from the Chinese manufacturer "Yutong" in the period when VMRO-DPMNE led the country. After they admitted their guilt, the Basic Criminal Court - Skopje...

Three days before the second round of the local elections in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, the mayor of Skopje Petre Shilegov announced the call for tender for implementation of the the Bus Rapid Transit - BRT. The tender procedure follows after the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a loan for the implementation of the Bus...

In 2020, there were 40,523,000 passengers in the urban and intercity public transportation in North Macedonia, show the data provided by the State Statistical Office. It's the historically lowest number of transferred passengers with public transportation throughout the municipalities nationwide and the COVID pandemic is behind this drop in numbers. Compared to 2019, the number of passengers using the urban...

During September and October this year, the Ministry of Interior of North Macedonia (MOI) issued 527 fines due to technical irregularities of the vehicles that are used for transportation of passengers, informed MOI. During the given two month period, controls were conducted of vehicles used for public transportation (buses, taxi vehicles, vans) both between municipalities and the intercity transportation...

The new LPG gas-powered eco-buses, produced by the German company MAN, have hit the streets of Skopje today. The city authorities inform that the drivers of the new buses, which will service the lines No 2, 5, 15, and 57, have been properly trained by a certified driver-instructor from Croatia. A single eco-bus can save up to 25.000 EUR in...