PUBLIC TRANSPORT * Viet Nam
* Viet Nam - Ha Noi bus station chaos
Ha Noi,Viet Nam -VietNamNet Bridge – 30 Aug 2013: -- The Transport Ministry, Ha Noi People's Committee and other agencies are prepared to take drastic measures to ease the disorder and chaos at the city's most crowded bus station - My Dinh... The ministry suggested this in a report to re-organising and tightening management over coach stations and passenger transport throughout the city... In line with the plan, inspectors, including police, traffic inspectors and station officers, would work harder to detect and punish drivers breaking parking and pick-up laws. It was suggested that inspectors would meet every morning to deal with problems arising... My Dinh Station opened in 2004 in the city's Tu Liem District. At that time, it received about 300 buses daily. However, sharp increases in travelling demands and urbanisation pushed this to about 1,200 buses per day in 2009 and about 1,300 buses per day at present... The report revealed that poor management and technology application led to improper ways of controlling departures and arrivals. This led to congestion in and around the station, especially during peak time...
* Viet Nam - Busses in HCM City to offer free wifi internet
(Passengers will be using free wifi Internet on the bus) HoChiMinh,Viet Nam -VietNamNet Bridge, by Phuong Loan –30 Aug 2013: -- HCM City has piloted providing wireless Internet on buses in order to attract people to use this means of public transport... According to the HCM City Transport Cooperative Union, after installing wifi Internet on a bus route, many passengers have expressed satisfaction because they can read newspapers, find their ways and do many other utilities on the bus. This unit said that the HCM City Department of Transport had agreed to implement this free service on many bus routes in the city... HCM City currently has more than 3,000 buses operating on 270 routes, satisfying about 7 percent of travel needs of the people...
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