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    "THE LAST TROLLEYBUS"

    A friend of mine who writes articles on economy and geo-economics has
    advised me to type texts on Yerevan transport because the author of
    articles on geo-economics would not fancy dealing with such earthly
    topics. However, it is hard to keep silent on such a situation because
    the Yerevan-based public is again bullshitting.

    First, it is necessary to nationalize the urban transport of Yerevan,
    or to put it precisely, not this junk but the transport lines. The
    transport of Yerevan is based on the so-called "marshrutkas"
    [minibuses-ed.] which are real misery, humiliation and coercion for
    the people living here.

    In a big city where transport leg is from one to 15 km reliance on
    marshrutkas leads to real suffering, or rather a lot of diseases
    that people and administration are hardly aware of. The people of
    Yerevan were partly relieved by the news on the purchase of buses,
    a lot of people say it is partial self-respect.

    In addition, buses should be selected in accordance with the
    characteristics of Yerevan. Given the low cultural level of the
    population of Armenia, the lack of skills of civilized use of city
    transport persisting since the Soviet times, imposing marshrutkas on
    people was just a compulsory squeezing of money through an inhumane
    way.

    A marshrutka is intended for use on long distances when people do
    not need to move inside the vehicles every one or two minutes. This
    transport is rather dangerous for a city, and there is already
    sad experience. Besides, marshrutkas are far from sanitary and
    hygiene rules, dirty tarantasses the drivers of which, besides other
    professional diseases, become psychopaths after several years of doing
    this work, and actually most of them are not eligible for this job.

    It should also be noted that despite the relatively "middle height"
    of the citizens of Yerevan, people above 180 cm cannot ride
    in marshrutkas. It is not only dangerous but also not hygienic,
    democratic and pedagogic.

    Modern urban transport must be based on diverse means of transport,
    including electrical transport. In Yerevan with its landscape fast
    and small trams "a la San Francisco" would be quite acceptable.

    At one time, in the early 80s the Soviet government rejected this
    idea for the purpose of generating profit from motor transport. It
    is possible to operate at least up to 20-30 tram lines in Yerevan.

    Considering the transport flow and high electricity generating
    capacity, modern electric transport will be profitable.

    A transport line in Yerevan generates a monthly 12,000 dollars of net
    profit on average. It is impossible to get a serious foreign loan for
    the development of urban transport as the sector has been privatized.

    Instead of trying to achieve the solution of such primitive issues
    as 50 drams, it would be better to deal with the serious issues of
    technical retrofitting and reorganization of urban transport. A lot of
    crimes have been committed and huge profits have been generated in the
    transport sector. Transport in Armenia has literally squeezed people.

    It is enough to imagine what was happening in civil aviation -
    rough robbery.

    The issue of nationalization may underlie reform of economy and
    primarily the necessity to nationalize mining industry (copper and
    molybdenum and gold), energy, civil aviation and health. In 20 years
    it may be possible to privatize these sectors but now the Armenian
    society is too criminal for honest methods of proprietorship.

    Igor Muradyan 14:50 30/07/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30583

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