YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Running of 77 "Bogdan" buses brought by the Yerevan Mayor's Office started in 7 new routes on November 24. The preliminary fare is fixed 100 drams. Yervand Zakharian, the Yerevan Mayor mentioned at the November 24 interview to journalists that no change of prices is envisaged yet. It was also mentioned that each of the buses costs 30 thousand U.S. dollars. In the Mayor's words, after running of the buses, the number of minibuses going through the central part of the capital will reduce by about 300 ones. Other 20 buses and 20 trolley-buses will also be brought in the next year. Y.Zakharian mentioned that during the coming 3 years the public transport park of the capital will be added with other 500-600 buses and the number of about 3500 minibuses being operated in the capital will reduce by about 2000. In his words, today the number of buses with middle capacity is about 199. In Y.Zakharian's words, for that purpose, a new system of transport and traffic will be founded in 2007 as well as an automatic government system of traffic lights will also be introduced.

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