BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 18. The availability of public transportation in Azerbaijan's territories liberated from Armenian occupation is at the center of attention of the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport, Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan Rahman Hummatov said, Trend reports.
He spoke at the presentation of the "Mobility Transformation Program in Azerbaijan."
"Plans are already ready for Lachin district, including the Lachin-Zabukh direction. Steps are also being taken regarding Shusha," he noted.
The first regular bus routes to Shusha and Aghdam were launched on January 24, 2022.
According to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, passenger transportation in Azerbaijan from January through October 2023 exceeded 1.552 billion people, which is 17.8 percent more than in the same period of 2022. Most of the passengers (88 percent) were transported by automobile transport, 11.5 percent by metro, and 0.5 percent by other types of transport.
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