PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM * Vietnam - Gas price up, bus services in great demand
The increase of gas price and the expansion of Hanoi has prompted a sudden increase in the number of bus passengers in the capital
Hanoi,Viet Nam -The VietNam Net Bridge -7 Aug 2008: -- ... Many bus routes have been overloaded for a long time and they are even more overloaded at present... “To get a seat on the bus, I have to wake up early to go to the bus station and leave my office late,” said a man who often travels on the bus route from Nhon to Giap Bat, Hanoi. He complained that if he arrives late, he has to stand on one leg on the bus... The Nhon-Giap Bat bus route has only 25 buses which serve 25,000 passengers per day on average. Up to 60% of the passengers travel during peak hours (6.30am-8.30am, 4.30pm-7pm)... Consequently, many buses have to carry large numbers of passengers, sometimes double the designed capacity during peak hours: It is not uncommon that a 90-seat bus carries 180 to 200 passengers. Many passengers, thus, have to stand on one leg...Labels: public transport systems
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