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“Today, my acquaintance spent three hours in a bus or shuttle taxi at the Kalniečiai Polyclinic stop, but none came. She waited from 12 o’clock, go away, maybe you will still find her sitting there now. After all, the buses they must transport when specified. And it has happened to me more than once. Getting to the Karmėlava cemetery is a complicated dinner, “Kaunas Rūta consoled himself, calling the editorial office shortly after 3 pm on September 15.
According to her, the suburban route taxi number 120 from Kalniečiai to the Karmėlava old cemetery should run every half hour, and the suburban bus number 150 from Mastaičiai a little less often. There are other options, but they don’t take you to the cemetery, you have to walk more than a kilometer.
“We come with hoppers, water troughs, flowers; it is difficult to get so far away. I don’t have a machine, so what to do? Bus number 150 keeps crashing. It is not possible that way,” the woman resented.
Tuesday around 4 pm 15 minutes When the photographer arrived at the scene, people waiting at the Kalniečių Polyclinic stop said that public transport arrived on time.
According to Tautvydas Tamošiūnas, Head of the Department of Transport and Roads of the Kaunas District Municipality, the Kaunas District Suburban Bus Route No. 150 make trips to the Karmėlava cemetery 4 times during the week and 5 times on Saturdays and Sundays. Traffic schedules are available on the website of the Kaunas District Municipality, as well as at public transport stops along the route.
“All suburban buses have a built-in real-time navigation system for bus trips, which can be used to check whether the en-route trips have been made or delayed. Based on the information provided by you, after verifying the execution of route travel in the real-time driving system, it was established that bus number 150 departed from the Kalniečių Poliklinika stop to Karmėlava cemetery on September 15 at 9.11, 10.32, 12.11, 13.46 hours, that is 0 to 5 minutes. Delay according to the schedule “, – assured T. Tamošiūnas.
He reported that in response to requests from residents, it is expected to increase the number of flights on Route 150 to the cemetery on weekdays as of September 21, 2020, by providing two additional evening flights during transit hours.
It is planned to increase the number of trips on Route 150 to the cemetery.
According to the representative of the Kaunas district municipality, P. Viščius’ company provides services on route 120 of a suburban shuttle taxi. Passengers are transported to the Karmėlava Cemetery in two vehicles on weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Work starts at 7.30 a.m. And it lasts until 4.30 p.m. The shuttle taxis leave every 30 minutes. As reported by the carrier to the Kaunas district municipality, on September 15 both vehicles made the route.
“All delays in public transport routes are due to objective reasons: traffic jams, road repairs or vehicle breakdowns.
Taxis on Route 120 operate on a commercial basis and are not subsidized (this is not allowed by law). By shortening the route at the request of the city council, that is, by not allowing to leave Kaunas castle, passenger flows were greatly reduced. To ensure the profitability of the route and the correct investment in vehicles, the income generated in the route hardly covers the minimum costs and there is simply no money left to invest in better vehicles. Due to the reasons mentioned above, scheduled taxi breakdowns and missed trips are a common case, ”admitted T. Tamošiūnas.
Erik Ovcharenko / 15min photo / Kalne residents stop in Kaunas
Suburban buses, he said, sometimes break down, too. They are then replaced by spare buses, but delays only occur until they are replaced, especially if a fault occurs in the middle of the road.
“Suburban bus delays are more noticeable to residents (residents are more sensitive to them), because the number of suburban routes is in all cases significantly less than the number of urban routes.
The Kaunas District Municipality has announced a tender for the selection of carriers to serve suburban routes, which also provides for a new subsidized bus route Kaunas Bus Station – Karm Karlava Cemetery. This route will make 7 trips to Karmėlava Cemetery every day. High quality requirements are established for the bidding participants, their services and the vehicles that serve the route ”, assured the Head of the Department of Roads and Transportation of the Municipality of the District of Kaunas.
The municipality receives many complaints from residents using the Trafi mobile app about public transport buses or shuttle taxis not arriving or late.
“Unfortunately, as the analysis of the complaints of the neighbors shows, there is incorrect information in this application, but the municipality cannot help the neighbors in those cases because it cannot be held responsible for the services provided by a third party (owners of the application with which it has no legal relationship) “.
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