(Kazan City
KZN.RU, October 26, Ksenia Shvetsova). Work to reduce the number of accidents
involving urban public transport is continued in Kazan. Mayor Ilsur Metshin gave
the order to treat the problem of the growth of road accidents in the past with
all the attention at previous Business Monday. The chairman of the Transport
Committee of the Executive Committee of the city Aydar Abdulhakov reported on the
results of a week of work at the stuff meeting in the Mayor's Office.
Aydar Abdulhakov
told that extraordinary briefings for drivers were held at the transport
companies. The standard inspection of vehicles before their release to the line
is conducted. Work related to passengers and pedestrians also is in the frames
of measures to reduce the number of accidents. Leaflets in which residents are
asked to be careful and cross the road only in the right place are actively
distributing among them.
Also, as Aidar
Abdulhakov explained, new activities are planned in conjunction with the
Department of Education. For example, additional five-minute meetings, which will
remind the rules of the road, will be held for children in schools.
"I
hope that these events will have an effect. Specific objectives to be achieved are
set for you, - Mayor appealed to the chairman of the committee. - We have done
a good job of organizing public transport, had a lot of consulting with the
public. But to date we still have work to do".