Buses Attract 20,000 Passengers in Two Weeks
About 20,000 passengers have traveled on Phnom Penh’s limited city bus service since a month-long public transport experiment began two weeks ago, which bodes well for a citywide expansion of the service once the trial ends on March 4, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said Monday. This is the second time the city has tried out public buses, but they are proving more popular this time around than in 2001, when a two-month trial service was scrapped halfway through due to waning public demand. “Two weeks into the public bus experiment, we are seeing on average 1,600 to 1,700 passengers per day, with some days predictably seeing more passengers than others,” Mr. Dimanche said. …
Sek Odom and Simon Henderson
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