YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. Yerevan public transport new route network will be worked out until 2011. As Karen Yedigarian, Acting Director of Yerevantrans CJSC, reported at the June 11 press conference, terms of contracts signed between companies serving microbus routes and Yerevan Mayor's Office expire in 2011. In his words, after that the number of microbuses operating in the routes will be reduced by nearly 1000 and the number of medium capacity buses will be increased by nearly 700. K. Yedigarian also said that 20 trolley-buses will be brought each year in 2008-2010. So, the number of trolley-bus routes will be increased. He said that Yerevan Mayor's Office jointly with RA Police and RA Tax Inspection exercises strict control to improve the condition of Yerevan's public transport. 596 cases of parking of another means of transport at public transport stops were registered in January-May, and administrative fine amounting to 20 thousand drams was imposed on their drivers. It was mentioned that since April 1, administrative fines are being used to mircobus drivers for smoking, speaking by mobile phones and loud music in the cars: for the first time the driver is fined in the amount of 25 thousand drams, for the second time 50 thousand drams and for the third time is dismissed. In K. Yedigarian's words, 150 cases of such violations have been already registered.

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