In February, we reported that the Bolesławiec District Office had terminated all carriers’ use of the bus stops on Zgorzelecka Street. The decision was made on 25 November last year and came into effect on 15 January this year. “I appealed against it,” Andrzej Jagiera, president of the Municipal Transport Company, told us at the time. “I believe that removing our bus stop is a mistake.”
The MZK bus stop on Zgorzelecka Street had operated for 28 years. Problems began when stops for private carriers also appeared there. “For Municipal Transport Company buses, it was merely an intermediate stop. We have an extensive ticket-sales network. Only a few passengers bought tickets from the driver,” Jagiera pointed out. The situation was completely different for private transport companies. “For them, the stops on Zgorzelecka Street were the beginning and end of the route. Their passengers bought tickets from the driver,” the MZK president explained.
It all took some time. Municipal buses began having trouble reaching their own stop, especially during rush hour. The situation on Zgorzelecka Street did not escape the police’s attention. “The Bolesławiec district head issued the decision to terminate use of the stops at the police’s request,” explained Majka Nowak, spokesperson for the District Office. “Officers determined that the location was dangerous and that visibility was limited. There is also no suitable infrastructure or space to provide passengers with decent conditions.”
On 1 March this year, the stop was restored. “The District Office considered how to resolve the problem. It was decided that the stop would return to MZK,” Majka Nowak tells us. “It is not that this place suddenly became safe. The police still advise against creating a stop there. However, there is currently no better solution to the situation,” she adds. In return, MZK is to pave the pavement on Zgorzelecka Street and renovate a section of the road near the stop.
Do private carriers also have a chance of having the stops on Zgorzelecka Street restored? “Requests will be considered individually,” Majka Nowak points out. “So far, however, no one has come forward.”
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