Cash payments for public transportation will be eliminated in Rivne
Starting August 1, Rivne Municipality’s public transportation system will switch exclusively to cashless fare payments, completely eliminating cash payments on board vehicles.
This was announced by Viktor Shakirzyan, secretary of the Rivne City Council, following the executive committee’s adoption of new Rules for the Use of Passenger Transportation. For passengers without bank or transit cards, self-service terminals will be available to purchase paper tickets, which must be validated.
At the same time, the list of documents entitling passengers to discounts is being updated: 48,000 local eligible passengers have already received personalized cards; eligible passengers from other communities with martial law status and children in certain categories will ride using paper certificates, while local full-time students will be eligible for the discount throughout the year.
This was announced by Viktor Shakirzyan, secretary of the Rivne City Council.
The Kyiv City Council of Trade Unions has agreed to a phased increase in public transportation fares in the capital. Instead of the 30 hryvnias per trip planned by the Kyiv City State Administration, the trade unions propose initially setting the fare at 20 hryvnias and postponing any further increases for at least half a year.
Discussions continue in Kyiv regarding a moratorium on fare increases for public transportation. During the most recent session of the Kyiv City Council, some parliamentary factions—“UDAR” and “European Solidarity”—did not support the relevant vote, which effectively complicated the adoption of a decision to maintain current fares.
Klitschko called the 30-hryvnia fare for travel in Kyiv too low.
Following inspections in May, the two largest payment terminal networks—EasyPay (LLC “FC ‘Kontraktovy Dom’”) and City24 (LLC “Swift Garant”)—were hit with massive fines: 135 million hryvnias each.
