YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. 18-20 thousand cars are brought to Armenia every year, 15 thousand out of which are brought to Yerevan. As Slava Avanesian, Deputy Yerevan Mayor, reported at the November 27 press conference, at present, in total, there are 155-160 thousand cars in Yerevan. In his words, there are 18-20 thousand taxis in Yerevan, but only 5700 or 35-37% out of them are registered in tax bodies. S.Avanesian said that next year Yerevan's public transport park will be replenished with about 100 big buses, as well as 20 trolley-buses. Yerevan Mayor's Office also plans to bring 20 trolley-buses annually until 2010. The Deputy Mayor said that 80 stop pavilions with numbers of routes have been already placed in Yerevan and another 220 will be placed next year. In his words, besides placing stop pavilions, Yerevan Mayor's Office and Police employees establish control for public transport means to park only at stations. It was also mentioned that about 1100 microbuses enter Yerevan from the regions every day, they park in the central parts of Yerevan. In S.Avanesian's words, their stops should be also changed and moved from Yerevan center to another districts.

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