PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE * Armenia - Thrills of Transportation
In Armenia there is one mode of public transport which is the most popular and in some cases the only one available: travel by minibusYerevan,Armenia -Notes Hairenik.blogspot.com, by Christian Garbis -January 19, 2008: -- ... This holds true for Yerevan as well, as there is no escaping them... A minibus here usually comes in the form of two types of vehicles: the RAF minivan or the GAZelle transport van, which is sturdier and holds more people comfortably.These two vehicles literally crisscross and zigzag throughout the city and can be seen on most thoroughfares. You cannot escape them, especially if you are driving your own car. The drivers often have no clue about how to drive properly and they don’t understand the concept of what rear-view mirrors are for, so it is not rare to see these things roll out into oncoming traffic or randomly switching lanes... If you are lucky, however, you can find an actual bus approach the bus stop, something I pine to see every morning nowadays while I am shivering, confused as to which of the 100+ minibus routes I should climb aboard... (Photo from Picassa, by Kiril -Yerevan -24-jun-2007: Typical Armenian bus reminiscent of the communist era. The gap of society between very reach mafia and average population seemed even deeper in Armenia then Bulgaria. Over 70% of cars were old Russian cars while few vehicles demonstrated luxury and power of the rich (mostly expensive SUV)
Labels: public transport systems
posted by Unknown @ 5:28 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home