Yerevan Municipality to revise transport organization measures 

ArmInfo.  The latest innovations of the capital's municipality regarding the organization of traffic in the city, taking into account the allocation of separate lanes for  public transport on a number of streets, have led to a transport  collapse. Vice-Mayor of Yerevan Armen Pambukhchyan admitted in a  conversation with journalists that there is a need to review certain  decisions, given the difficult situation on the roads.

However, he noted that his conviction does not change and separate  lanes should operate for public transport. As an example, he referred  to Tbilisi, where transport reforms are being carried out in the same  logic in terms of separate lanes.

<There is no city in the world that does not give priority to public  transport. Separate lanes should be allocated for it so that people  who use public transport get there faster than people in private  cars>, - he said.

Early June of this year Head of the Yerevan City Hall Transport  Department Vazgen Harutyunyan reported that the French region of  Ile-de-France has assisted the authorities of the Armenian capital in  developing a project to change traffic on several streets in Yerevan,  which is aimed at relieving traffic flows in the city.  He noted that  this project is a continuation of the initiative to introduce a  separate lane for buses. In particular, it is planned to create a  single route for bus lines that will connect several administrative  districts. Public transport will move along a dedicated lane, which  will give it an advantage over other types of transport. According to  Harutyunyan, this should make bus trips more comfortable and faster