Buses World News
In brief: Worldwide montly news & informations about Buses, Busmakers, Passengers' and the Transport Industry
Terminal's Normal Operation * Philippines - Zambo's bus one, even after gutted by fire
Zamboanga City,Philippines -Balita.dot.ph -November 4, 2009: -- Mayor, Celso Lobregat, has managed to convince bus operators and the owner of a bus terminal that was destroyed by fire on Monday evening to continue serving the public at the burned out terminal in barangay Guiwan, some five kilometers from the city proper... Fire destroyed the terminal building and left the city with no other bus terminal to serve hundreds of buses and passenger vans that ply routes to and from cities, towns and provinces in the Zamboanga Peninsula and other parts of Mindanao... The mayor conferred with bus operators displaced by the fire incident at the Guiwan bus terminal Monday night to ensure that operations are back to normal following the tragedy... Labels: bus terminals
Inter-city bus terminal * Pakistan - Needs attention, lacks civic facilities
Civic issues testament to negligence of officials
Karachi,Pakistan -The Daily Times, by Jamil Khan -6 Jan 2008: -- The City District Government Karachi (CDGK) Transport and Communication Department (TCD) is yet to find any suitable firm to manage the city’s first intercity bus terminal located in Yousuf Goth, Baldia Town, which is being run at a loss for the past two years, Daily Times learnt on Monday... The CDGK had outsourced the management of the intercity bus terminal with the aim of providing satisfactory services to the passengers and maintaining a high standard through public and private partnership. In this regard, the contract was awarded to a private firm that had won the bid against Rs 31.8 million for two years, but unfortunately, the private firm paid only 50 percent of the total amount in the past two years and was, consequently, blacklisted, said sources in the department...Labels: bus terminals
