I have written to the Vilnius municipal company more than once on this issue, but I have not received any specific answer – I only receive a message with the regret of the customer service specialist.
Is the temperature regulated in any way in public transport? Even during record heat, some have no means of driving air conditioner, and even if the schedule indicates that an air – conditioned bus must arrive, the driver often does not switch it on. For some reason, I suspect drivers are doing so sparingly.
The municipality encourages the use of public transport, but those who call on them should put on a mask and board an unconditioned bus when it is +35 degrees outside. Vilnius’ public transport with Russian-switched drivers continues to be a disgrace to the city.
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As the company writes,Communication servicesIn a press release, this summer in Vilnius over 90 percent. all daily public transport has air conditioning systems in place.
“As every year, on hot days, public transport controllers in Vilnius cool passengers with drinking water. This time, for the sake of greater safety, we deliver it at the stops so that the passengers can refresh themselves here, because the buses and trolleybuses themselves are still required to wear protective face masks.
In addition, we work with carriers to ensure comfortable and as refreshing a trip as possible, but on such hot days, challenges sometimes arise. Moving with new and modern vehicles, which are already over 370 in the fleet, is naturally more comfortable for passengers, but the goal of carriers is to ensure that air conditioners do not only work on the latest buses or trolleybuses. The fact that over 90 percent. The buses and trolleybuses running in Vilnius this summer have air conditioning systems, there is a big qualitative leap – last summer this number reached 76 percent, and in 2018. conditioning was about 40 percent. public transport, ”says Loreta Levulytė, Head of the Public Transport Organization Department of SĮ„ Tiekimo paslaugos ”.
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