NEW BUSES FLEET, WORLDWIDE * India - KSRTC launches fifty thirukochi city buses

Fifty Thirukochi series city buses of the KSRTC were flagged off in the city on Friday

Kochi,Kerala,India -kerala2010.blogspot -16 July 2010: ... They would begin service from Saturday... Thus, there would be a Thirukochi bus in the Ernakulam-Aluva route every 10 minutes and every 30 minutes in select other routes... Transport Minister, Jose Thettayil, said that the RTC city buses are being introduced following public outcry over frequent private bus strikes and complaints of high-handedness by private-bus crew... These services would boost public transport in Kochi since the private buses in service are overcrowded... (Photo from The Hindu.com: A Thirukochi city bus of the KSRTC conducts service on Saturday through Vytilla)


* Nigeria - EDSG Set To Roll Out 100 Intra-City Buses

Benin City,Nigeria -The Weekend Observer, by TESSY OKWUDI/ISABEMOEH JAMES ROY -16 July 2010: -- The Edo State Government is set to roll out 100 buses with air condition for intra-city transport so as to ease the problem of transportation in the state metropolis... The Hon. Commissioner for Transport, Lucas Okojie, stated that the rolling out of the intra-city transport was geared towards ensuring that the people of Edo State no longer experience the inconvenience while using the entrepreneur’s vehicles... He stated that “the state government is touched by the pains of the common man in the state on the issue of transportation in which our people are suffering on daily basis”, he stated...