(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, passenger transport by coach and bus in Nghe An has been plagued by unfair competition and violations of traffic safety regulations, especially in Vinh City.
Below are the images captured by Nghe An Newspaper reporters on April 22.
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Nghe An has 80 passenger transport units registered to operate at the stations, of which Vinh Bus Station has 400 vehicles operating on 320 trips serving domestic and inter-provincial passengers/day. |
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Recently, passenger transport activities by bus are still chaotic, especially the situation of passenger buses "competing" for passengers with buses. In the photo, Khanh Hien passenger bus (Vinh - Nghia Dan route) picks up passengers right at the bus stop on Mai Hac De street, near Ga intersection. |
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The passenger van took the bus's place right at the bus stop. |
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Also on Mai Hac De street, Bich Thuy passenger bus running Vinh - Quy Hop route brazenly picked up passengers at the bus stop. |
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In addition, the situation of vehicles stopping and parking in the wrong places is very common. Duy Manh passenger bus running on Que Phong route stops and parks right on Tran Phu street (near Vinh bus station). Photo taken at 8:25 on April 22, 2016. |
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In the province there are currentlyBesides, there are also 15 bus routes operating within the province and the Vinh - Ha Tinh route with nearly 500 trips. However,On some routes, the bus density is too high, such as the route from Vinh University to Vinh Bus Station, leading to chaos and unhealthy competition. In the photo, 3 buses are "entrenched" waiting for passengers at the bus stop on Le Duan Street, near the gate of Vinh University. |
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Even on a small, narrow street with heavy traffic like Nguyen Van Troi Street (next to Vinh University, in front of Ben Thuy Market), there are up to 6 bus routes with dozens of trips running every day. |
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Not only that, the situation of buses running on the wrong route on this road as well as many other roads in Vinh City is quite common. In the photo, bus route number 26, although not allowed to run on Nguyen Van Troi Street (according to Decision No. 377/QD-UBND dated January 22, 2016 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on approving the adjustment of the planning of the passenger transport network by bus in Nghe An Province), but buses on the above routes of Dong Bac, Thach Thanh... companies still run on this road. |
Dinh Nguyet - Minh Quan