📋 Tender Overview
On the agenda are issues of improving passenger transport organization, route network, fare payment mechanisms, and the implementation of booking and ticket sales systems. Representatives from the Ministry of Transport, regional executive committees, and passenger transport operators participated in the meeting. Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Sergey Dubina stated: The head of state has set the task of eliminating queues for minibuses in regular service, so that passengers can more conveniently use public transport without creating a rush at bus stops. <...> Carriers are currently using disparate ticket sales systems. We are working on the issue of creating a unified system in the country that would include all routes: suburban, intercity, and international. In Belarus, there is a focus on maximizing the use of more spacious and comfortable rolling stock. The task is to use M3 category transport (buses) instead of M2 category transport (minibuses) on certain routes. By government decision, 15 M3 category buses have been purchased for the Minsk region. It is planned to update at least 10% of the public transport rolling stock annually. The first task is to replace minibuses with higher-capacity transport on long distances. This is a more comfortable, reliable, and safe mode of transport, noted the deputy minister.
