{"id":16726,"date":"2012-09-19T12:11:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T10:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16726"},"modified":"2012-09-19T12:11:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T10:11:33","slug":"cyprus-public-transport-is-in-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/19\/cyprus-public-transport-is-in-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus public transport is in trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been only a couple of years since I blogged<\/a> about Limassol joining the rest of the world with a rebirth of its public transportation system. \u00a0And now Cyprus Mail reports<\/a> that it’s on the edge of being dead and over. Again.<\/p>\n

PUBLIC transport is faced with collapse, a top MP has said, as lawmakers discussed a bill to inject an additional \u20ac21 million into the system to keep the upgrade programme going.<\/p>\n

The House Finance Committee heard that bus companies were losing between \u20ac200,000 and \u20ac300,000 a month while banks were no longer willing to provide more breathing space.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, well. \u00a0At least they tried.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been only a couple of years since I blogged about Limassol joining the rest of the world with a rebirth of its public transportation system. \u00a0And now Cyprus Mail reports that it’s on the edge of being dead and over. Again. PUBLIC transport is faced with collapse, a top MP has said, as lawmakers … Continue reading Cyprus public transport is in trouble<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,22],"tags":[1593,1090,1116],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-cyprus","tag-economy","tag-government","tag-transportation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12541,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/06\/on-public-transport-in-cyprus\/","url_meta":{"origin":16726,"position":0},"title":"On public transport in Cyprus","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"May 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Often, when I talk to my friends abroad, I hear that we have it too good here, in Cyprus.\u00a0 As one of the example, they say that everyone has a car.\u00a0 And while I don't disagree - the life in Cyprus is good indeed - I often find it hard\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":155806,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/19\/lavrion-corfu-sailing-day-0-cyprus-to-greece\/","url_meta":{"origin":16726,"position":1},"title":"Lavrion – Corfu sailing: Day 0 – Cyprus to Greece","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Today, is the start of the new adventure. 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