100 new environmentally friendly buses appear in Almaty (PHOTO)

ALMATY. KAZINFORM - Almaty municipal park №2 has bought 100 environmentally friendly buses Yutong.

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Almaty Mayor Akhmetzhan Yesimov noted that buses, running on natural gas, have shown high efficiency. In addition, using these buses may solve two problems at once - improve passenger transport and reduce emissions. At present time, the cost of gas fuel is 40% cheaper than gasoline. It is expected that by the yearend the municipal park №2 will buy 100 more buses. Total the city has purchased 195 trolleybuses, 17 trams and 400 new buses.