Plans to expand state bus lines nationwide

Japan’s development arm, JICA, has agreed to a request to supply Phnom Penh’s public transit system with 140 new buses by 2020, and will consider sending another 40 after that to enable City Hall to expand operations nationwide.

Ean Sokhim, City Hall’s director of transportation supply, said yesterday 90 buses to arrive from JICA in 2018 would be used to add six bus lines to the existing three. Another 50 buses would arrive by 2020, helping to expand the network further across Phnom Penh.

“Based on our plan, after 2020 . . . we will continue to look at transportation to other provinces in order to make travel easier, reduce environmental pollution and [reduce] the traffic accident rate,” he said.

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