Bucharest City Hall buys 7 electric minibuses

Alina Oprea
The City Hall of the Capital buys new electric, non-polluting means of transport with funds from PNRR. The mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, announces that he has signed the financing contract with the Ministry of Development for the purchase of 7 electric minibuses, with a total estimated value of RON 10.25 million (€2 million), including VAT. The project, carried out by the Municipality of Bucharest and the Commune of Snagov, responds to the needs identified at the level of the partner municipalities and aims to improve public passenger transport at the peri-urban level, says mayor Nicusor Dan.

The general objective of the project is to ensure an accessible, efficient, and environmentally friendly public passenger transport service and to improve the conditions for the use of non-motorized modes of transport in the administrative area of ​​the established partnership, to reduce CO2 equivalent emissions from transport.

Bucharest City Hall has also signed a partnership with Google. Travelers who use public transport in the Capital can see in the Google Maps application exactly where the bus, tram, or trolleybus they are going to travel is on the route.

The GPS location data of the public transport operators in the Bucharest - Ilfov region are transmitted in real-time to Google, and any user of the Maps application can access them.

"The application calculates the best route that travelers can take to their final destination, possibly including the metro and/or train. Intermodality is both an element of novelty and a great advantage for passengers, who can choose or change their route depending on the waiting times", affirmed the mayor.

The application is available on most mobile phones and is very easily accessible by users.

"Thus, we align ourselves with the major European capitals in terms of informing travelers who use public transport. With the same application, travelers can guide themselves in any of the big cities in Europe", adds Nicusor Dan.

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