Free travel in Kyiv: Zelensky instructed the government to prepare a program for surface transport

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed the Prime Minister to present a program for free travel on Kyiv’s city surface transport. In addition, the government must prepare a sufficient reserve of buses to provide passenger transportation in case of metro disruptions or difficulties crossing the bridges over the Dnipro.

The head of state reported this instruction on his Telegram channel.

According to Zelensky, the Cabinet of Ministers must develop specific measures that will maintain stable transport connections in the capital even under difficult circumstances.

The president paid special attention to the need to ensure accessibility of surface public transport in situations when the metro operates with interruptions or when problems arise with crossing the bridges over the Dnipro.

A separate task for the government will be preparing the free travel program and forming a sufficient stock of buses for Kyiv’s needs.

At the same time, this is currently only an instruction to present the relevant program. Zelensky did not specify when free travel on Kyiv’s surface transport might be implemented or under what conditions it would operate.

Recall,

earlier “StopCor” wrote that due to power supply problems in Kyiv, tram and trolleybus services were temporarily suspended. Buses were provided on certain routes to transport passengers.

How many buses will operate on each route will depend on the amount of available vehicles, drivers, passenger flow, and the overall situation in the capital.

earlier “StopCor” wrote about disruptions to Kyiv metro and the high-speed tram. In particular, 2 November due to significant voltage fluctuations, train movement was temporarily restricted on certain sections of the red and green metro lines. Later, metro operation was restored to its normal mode.