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After the failed introduction of a new ticket collection system and the installation of signs to track the arrival of vehicles that often show inaccurate data, the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, once again stirred up the public with the decision on lines 704, 706 and 707
Mayor of Belgrade Aleksandar Šapić again in just a few days he made a real fuss about by public transport, because he suspended the decision to change the city transport lines 704, 706 and 707, although the Secretariat for Public Transport proposed shortening those lines after several months of analysis.
The secretariat stated that the announced change will relieve public traffic at the terminus "Zeleni venac" in Jug Bogdanova Street.
The decision was met with a revolt by residents of the settlements that would be directly affected by the decision - Batajnica, Zemun polje and Altina, and the "Kreni-promeni" organization organized the signing of a petition against such a decision.
Previously, Šapić introduced a new billing system, which soon failed, and then installed signs to track the arrival of vehicles, which often show imprecise data.
Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government, explains to "Vreme" why Šapić interferes so much in the functioning of public transport when it is evident that he does not understand it.
Šapić as a representative of "Strela" from Obrenovac
"The ruling coalition left the control of public transport in the capital to Aleksandar Šapić, so everything that happens in that domain is solely his merit, or rather his fault." Unfortunately, the damage that has been done is already enormous. "Today in Belgrade, public transport costs the city budget 300 million euros per year, that is, 100 million more per year than before Šapić," says Jovanović.
He adds that Šapić used the previous two and a half years to make deals with private trucking companies, which are usually at the expense of the city budget and the quality of public transportation.
"Today, the mayor is the biggest representative of the private carrier 'Strela' from Obrenovac, to which he has ceded a huge number of GSP lines and for which he intends to abolish trolleybuses in Belgrade. "Because of 'Strela', they want to shorten the three city transport lines that bring passengers from Zemun to the city center, in order to shorten the turnaround time for this private individual," concludes Jovanović.
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