Buses of three routes have been renewed in Almaty

For the route No. 98 between the Almagul micro-district and the Raiymbek metro station, the City-BUS carrier bought 15 low-floor MAZ buses conform to the Euro-5 environmental class. Large capacity buses are equipped with air conditioning and tilt system. In future, 35 such buses will be in Almaty.

In turn, Bus Depot No. 2 bought 17 low-floor buses for route No. 67, and it is planned to renew the buses on two more routes.

“All this time we drove people on old buses of the 90s. Of course, people constantly complained and resented. Thanks to the subsidized routes, we are now updating buses and will be able to provide almost 100% regularity, raised the salary of drivers to 240 thousands tenge, ”said the director of the company, Shamil Nuriev.

In addition, the company “BaTu Travel” updated rolling stock on route No. 102 for microdistricts Shanyrak, Akbulak, Ulzhan, Ozhet, Ainabulak and Almaty-1 railway station. On the route exhibited 18 buses of small capacity, equipped with video cameras.

It should be mentioned that by the end of the year in Almaty it is planned to increase the share of new public transport to 80%.

One of the requirements of the rules for subsidizing routes is that bus drivers will increase their salaries, which will allow them to attract more qualified personnel and affect the quality of the service provided.

Earlier, Almaty was awarded the highest award of the European Smart Cities Forum for the implementation of a comprehensive reform of the transport system.

The Competition Committee noted the systematic approach of Almaty and its compliance with such criteria as the use of digital technologies to ensure the transparency of public transport revenues and their removal from the shadow turnover, as well as an emphasis on improving the environment through the modernization of pedestrian and public spaces.