Yerevan, April 8, Noyan Tapan: Requiring from private taxi drivers to get out of use vehicles used longer than 10 years, the government does not raise the problem of fixed-run taxis. Meanwhile, the most of fixed-run taxis were produced 15 and more years ago. This problem was raised by the member of ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" fraction of the Parliament Vahan Hovhannisian on April 8 in the National Assembly of Armenia. According to him, in respect of safe transportation of the passengers and environmental issues, fixed-run taxis carry greater number of passengers and they create greater risk of polluting the atmosphere. He questioned, whether "this biased approach is conditioned by the fact that private drivers are unprotected, while behind fixed-run taxi drivers the owners of the routs stand". As the minister of transport and communication Gurgen Sargsian explained, the terms of usage of fixed-run taxis are conditioned by rout service permits, which will be expired soon. When new permits are issued, old vehicles will cease to be used, assured the minister.

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