Today, оn 24th of May, 2013, trolleybus Škoda 14Tr (No. 2410) was brought to the Museum of Energy and Technology (Rinktines 2, Vilnius). This trolleybus was made in 1983 and has made more than a million kilometers in the streets of Vilnius.
You can see a photo report in the Facebook gallery of Energy and Technology Museum.
As it was already mentioned, on the 13th of May, 2013 there was a meeting of Vilnius City Council Petitions Commission, where a petition (which was handed 2013-04-26) on Vilnius public transport optimization was discussed. As far as it is known today, in the nearest future a special working group of the city’s management representatives’ will be created, and they will continue to work on the petition. The latest news and decisions will be published here as soon as possible.
These days a letter was received from the Government Representative in Vilnius county, signed by dr. Audrius Skaistys. This letter is published below.
This week was full of events – but, perhaps, this should be expected, as of July 1st is coming, moreover, approaching the day when there will be the tram line tender procedure started, the municipality is increasingly starting to spread the news about the “necessity” of tram.
Let’s have a brief overview of what happened this week.
Today, on 14th of May, 2013, during the meeting of the Committee of Services and City services in the Vilnius municipality, a representative of the municipality Kastytis Lubys has expressed dissatisfaction that because of the need to move trolleybus overhead network, works of making the streets wider are going much slower and they are therefore they are much more costly.
We do not have financial estimates how much every stage of these works costs. However, in the photos below you can see an example about the progress of work at the station Minties in Zirmunu street. When the trolleybus network wires and posts were already in their new place a long time ago (the first photo was taken 2013-05-01), road workers within two weeks were only able to make nice asphalt cuts and fill that future piece of road with a broken stone… Oh yes they were also able to bring up a temporary house which is now completely “decorated” by our graffiti “masters”.
So, in this particular example – is the overhead wires (and other parts of trolleybus network) are main obstacles for such roadworks, or if you still want to find someone to blame – maybe you should look for someone guilty somewhere else?
At a time when the Mayor of Vilnius Arturas Zuokas and his team keep praising CNG powered buses in their reports, and some of the passengers are complaining about the gas smell in the new MAN buses, the operation of CNG buses is halted because of a CNG bus explosion in Moscow. Skaityti toliau…
After the events of last few days when the members of Conservaties party have held conferences in the Parliament and Vilnius municipality in order to say “no” to the reorganisation of transport system, as well as yesterday’s picket, as well as yesterday’s municipal council meeting, Mayor of Vilnius Arturas Zuokas has held another press conference at a loaded table this morning. Skaityti toliau…
On 8th of May, 2013 Vilnius City Municipality will try once again to approve a scheme of so-called integration of private carriers into the overall public transport system. However, objectively, this is a much broader issue – the approval of this project would mean also a of so support public transport reform which is planned to start on the 1st of July, 2013. Also it would mean the agreement of gradual destroying of trolleybus system in Vilnius.
Therefore, on 8th of May 2013, 13:00, at the Vilnius City Municipality (Constitution Ave. 3) a picket will be held, which aims to draw attention of Vilnius city council members and the public’s to the negative aspects of the changes taking place.
Here’s how “Susisiekimo paslaugos” portrays trolleybuses and how – buses in their site. We can hardly speak they are having sincere view to the means of transportation…
On 7th of May, 2013, member of Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania Arvydas Anusauskas has issued a press conference “The public transport reform carried out by Vilnius City Council does not meet the expectations of people. “ Skaityti toliau…
There is no precise data yet how many trolleybuses will be demolished soon, or deliberately destruced by moving them “‘in the hedges” (this is the process by which even a good vehicle without preservation and daily usage, is turned into scrap metal in a few months). However, it is already known how the number of trolleybuses will change on the streets. Skaityti toliau…