SPS Once Again Postponed

The Ministry of Transport has again postponed the transition to the single payment system (SPS) with the help of plastic cards in the capital's buses and subway due to technical reasons.

As the deputy transport minister Musa Panahov said, implementation of SPS will be introduced in stages after the European Games to be held June 12-27.

The use of SPS is planned on the buses of Baku Bus at the Baku Executive Power. How other buses will work is not clear yet.

The subject of SPS has been discussed over years and, according to the research by Turan IA, the Baku Subway, the Ministry of Transport and the Executive Power of the capital are not interested in this. The study revealed the opacity of many millions of income both from the subway and the buses. For example, transportation per capita at the Baku subway is 3-5 times lower than in Tbilisi, Moscow, Kiev, Paris or Berlin. A three-day bus driver's revenue covers the cost of his monthly salary. At the same time public transport enjoys generous government subsidies. -0--

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