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The transport reform in St. Petersburg includes, among other things, the formation of a single tariff for all urban public transport, its introduction into fully preferential categories and the development of modern environmentally friendly technologies. This was stated to President Vladimir Putin by the Governor of the Northern capital, Alexander Beglov, during a working meeting on March 1.
The mayor recalled that back in September 2021, the head of state advocated the safety of public transport in the northern capital.
“And we have begun to implement this task. First of all what? This is the subway. You then noticed that there was a lot of wear and tear. This is about 50% depreciation, and one third of the cars is 50 years old. You said safety is paramount. We appealed to the government, submitted an application, the application was accepted. They asked for the allocation of funds from the National Welfare Fund. This is not less than 96 billion 900 million rubles. These are 950 new cars that will renew the metro fleet. The application has passed all approvals, and today we are waiting for the order of the Government of the Russian Federation,” Beglov said.
According to him, the depreciation of the tram and trolleybus fleets is 58% and 55%, respectively, therefore, 11 billion rubles of a budget loan and 6 billion rubles of budget funds were allocated for the first, and 9 billion 200 million rubles from the budget for the second. As a result, 339 new trams and 389 new trolleybuses will appear in St. Petersburg in the next two years, the governor said.
He added that a fleet of electric buses is being designed in the city. In July 2022, 2,800 buses will switch to “environmentally friendly” natural gas fuel, Beglov explained.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich, you know well what minibuses are and what a disgrace is going on there. Pensioners are not allowed, veterans are not allowed. “Pay in full.” Well, then, so, between us speaking, this is pure cash. In our reform, we switched to another system. Minibuses will go away, modern small-capacity buses will appear. And the city will collect the fares, not the transport company. Naturally, we will transfer money to them for services, they will pay us taxes,” the mayor reported.
He also spoke about the introduction of a single tariff and the extension of benefits to all types of transport.
As a reminder, from April 1, St. Petersburg transport will gradually stop accepting cash.
Source: Rosbalt
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