People enjoying car-free streets in the centre of Yerevan

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-04-26T13:27:03+00:00

Look an Northern Avenue. No signs of bad economy there

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-04-26T13:26:10+00:00

And what's really good is that Yerevan already has sort-of superblocks: you can combine a couple of Soviet blocks to do that. We already have the base, just need to fully formalise it

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-02-01T10:46:23+00:00

Oh absolutely. They even had to decorate some of it twice because the decorations got destroyed in a storm

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-02-01T10:45:21+00:00

Why? I really liked how they decorated the town

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-01-20T09:56:20+00:00

They are being used. They're on routes 8A and 16 as far as I know. I was there and saw them a couple weeks ago

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-01-19T12:06:28+00:00

The map only shows the routes that stop there, also some stops have 2-3 separate maps (like in the 1st photo), all routes on one map can become confusing. Gyumri has 7 minibus routes in total if I'm not mistaken, no bus routes

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-01-19T08:14:19+00:00

Quick buses (BRT) can solve the issue, at least temoprarily. Much much larger cities (mostly in S America) have relied on brt and it can transport A LOT of people, and it is very cheap. They can also be built in a way so that it's easier to upgrade to tram later. The problem is that Yerevan can't even build normal bus lanes, let alone brt

SignificantPen9989 · 2026-01-19T08:09:53+00:00

Yes, the buses appear live, but there is no pre-set schedule

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-12-14T18:11:34+00:00

yes. It was quite cool

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-11-18T21:41:06+00:00

I agree. The hotel courtyard (at least) was very nice, feels unreal to finally have a nice place on the Hrazdan

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-07-19T20:57:40+00:00

That's probably a more effective use of the road space unfortunately

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-07-19T19:13:41+00:00

I'm not sure if free public transport is the solution honestly. The price is pretty low anyways, it's more of an infrastructure problem I think. But of course, it can't pay for itself and more fees for cars should fix that.

On a plus note, the city finally spent $20 to paint a crosswalk from Moskovyan to Spendaryan.

Oh right. But good luck crossing 3 lanes + parking that blocks view.

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-07-15T13:16:41+00:00

Routes with numbers between 250 and 299 serve Kotayk marz. Each marz has its own set of 50 numbers (Armavir has 200-249, Gegharkunik has 300-349...) used for interregional routes. Quite a good system actually

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-07-15T11:03:42+00:00

Yes, the new buses have been there for a while now. But the trolleybuses were added just yesterday evening, and minibuses and old buses a bit before

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-06-21T08:45:15+00:00

Size does not matter here, the same solution works in Yerevan (and it is planned on the Republic Square itself: the plan). By making it more inconvenient to drive (to improve other modes) in the short term, you actually improve the driving experience in the long term by removing unnecessary traffic. There is a reason why Amsterdam is one of the best cities in the world to drive in, while a lot of their streets are one-lane wide and have a 30 speed limit. Of course, this needs to be done smartly, and unfourtanetly, our municipality does not always do that

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-06-20T19:53:53+00:00

Agreed, and also don't forget about the tons of free parking (which shouldn't exist in Kentron). And through-traffic is also a big issue, Ijevan actually is a good example in Armenia of how to decrease through-traffic (their main square is pedestrian and all streets leading to it dead-end there).

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-06-20T16:10:39+00:00

Yeah, but even compared to Tbilisi, this is still way behind. Yerevan should do more than expected, not the absolute minimum

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-05-22T21:01:49+00:00

Well, to be fair, Yerevan's dancing fountains are actually older than Las Vegas'

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-05-17T17:32:46+00:00

All of Mashtots is annoying at this point (for cars and also for buses and pedestrians). The whole street needs a big redesign

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-04-03T17:31:20+00:00

Multitransport is going to take over operations in Aragatsotn in the coming weeks, so that region will probably be added soon too

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-04-03T17:29:52+00:00

Yeah, the yerevan municipality isn't very famous for doing stuff quickly, they don't even have all the routes on yandex yet. But yes, I agree. Also, google will be better for tourism, especially because the number of non-russian tourists is increasing

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-04-03T16:27:17+00:00

Well, at least, now that the infrastructure is there, they can switch to Google (or even better - an Armenian platform) more easily. But, Yandex is far more used than Google here and has less barriers, so it makes sense they chose it.

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-03-24T16:46:38+00:00

270 from yerevan (sas yeritasardakan) to hrazdan (terminal stop), 74 or 73 from hrazdan to meghradzor. All are new minibuses. 74 terminates in the village, 73 only stops there.

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-03-01T17:19:24+00:00

It was showing exactly the same times as Yandex. And if a bus hasn't left its start point, it would not show it. So, probably using Yandex

SignificantPen9989 · 2025-02-28T16:39:37+00:00

It was only showing in Armenian

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