GSP Beograd
Šapić confirmed: Electric buses instead of trolleybuses, higher salaries for drivers
According to Mayor Šapić, Belgrade will have 150 trams, a new fleet and better conditions for public transport workers.
GSP Beograd
The transport allowance still applies: Employers must decide on the method of payment
Although Belgrade has introduced free public transport since the beginning of the year, this does not mean that employees lose their right to compensation for the costs of getting to and from work, according to the Ministry of Labor.
On the spot
GSP workers with students on a protest walk: They demand the survival of trolleybuses
"We gathered because the situation in the company is the same as in the state." Nothing is better," said one of the rebel workers for "Vreme". GSP workers, together with citizens and students, walked from that plant on Dorćol to the Assembly of Belgrade, where they submitted their four demands
Service information
Changes to public transport in Belgrade due to the Serbian New Year
During the celebration of the Serbian New Year at Republic Square, on the night between January 13 and 14, from 19 p.m. to 3 a.m., there will be changes in the operation of public transport lines
Public Transport
Jovanović: The decision to abolish trolls is beyond reason
"We are canceling the trolleybuses run by GSP in order to introduce electric buses owned by a private citizen from Obrenovac, 'Strela', and we are paying 1.1 billion euros for that over the next 20 years," said Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government, in an interview with "Vreme"
GSP
Free transport and dynamic timetable: What does it mean for the citizens of Belgrade?
Public transportation in Belgrade has become free for everyone, but it remains unclear how the additional costs will be covered in the budget and what will happen to the ticket collection equipment. While citizens enjoy the relief, experts question the long-term sustainability of this model
GSP
What are the changes in public transport in Belgrade during New Year's Eve?
How public transport will function on New Year's Eve and the first days of 2025
Beograd
Šapić: The decision on free transport is "purely political"
On Friday, the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, said that a few dozen million euros more than before will be allocated from the City budget for subsidies for free public transport. While, on the other hand, experts claim that the budget is empty, and the decision on free transportation is disastrous
Beograd
Šapic's public transport tour: Free for everyone from the new year
The mayor of Belgrade announced that public transport will be free in 2025. Experts say that this decision only cements the bad condition of the city and the difficult financial situation
City of Belgrade
GSP: Two million euros for "informing" passengers
In order to introduce a system for all "new and important information", the Secretariat for Public Transport announced a tender. The estimated value is around two million euros and the information will be displayed in 600 city transport vehicles
Service information
Removal of the Old Sava Bridge: Where will public transport go?
Due to the announced works on the dismantling of the Old Sava Bridge, there will be major changes in the city traffic regime
Chronicle
Accident in Bulevar despota Stefana: Collision between a truck and a bus on route 23
On October 23, a truck and GSP bus number 23 collided on Despot Stefan Boulevard. According to RTS, at least eight people were injured
GSP
On Sunday "Days of Freedom 2024": Some public transport routes are changing
Tomorrow, the city of Belgrade will mark 80 years since its liberation in the Second World War, so due to the "Days of Freedom 2024" manifestation, the routes of certain public transport lines will be changed.
GSP Beograd
The "insignificant" blue Šapić buses: Endless senselessness
The interlocutors of "Vremen" believe that the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, will implement his senseless plan to paint the buses in "Nemanjić blue". And why, that's a bit more complex question
Traffic
Jovanović (CLS): 700.000 euros are needed just for painting the BMC gas buses
Just painting the 100 BMC gas buses, which arrived in Belgrade in 2022, will cost the city about 700.000 euros, Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government (CLS), told Vreme.
Public Transport
They will no longer be "social red": GSP vehicles will be blue in the future, at a price of five million euros
All public city transport vehicles younger than two years old will be blue in the future, announced the mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić. According to Nikola Jovanović, director of the Center for Local Self-Government, painting the vehicle will cost five million euros
GSP
Unions: It is not true that part of the bus fell off
According to the announcement of the GSP trade union, on Saturday in Zemun, part of the bus did not fall off and hit another, but the trailer got carried away while turning and hit the bus that was going in the opposite direction.
Personal attitude
Insurance for passengers in public transport
A passenger who has suffered an injury can collect/consolidate claims by contacting the insurance company on the basis of passenger accident insurance, and the carrier can be contacted on the basis of liability for damage
GSP Beograd
Changes in public transport due to the promotion of Military Academy cadets
A detailed list of line changes in public transport in Belgrade due to the promotion of Military Academy cadets has been published
GSP
Šapić presented new buses - trade unions criticize the promotion of private carriers
The mayor of Belgrade, Aleksandar Šapić, said that by the end of this year, there will be a total of 750 new buses on the streets, since the moment he became mayor. Most of the bus lines are slowly going into the hands of private companies, while the mayor "can no longer listen" to working conditions in public transport.
Chronicle
Collision of two GSP buses: One vehicle crushed - 12 people injured
The front of one of the vehicles was completely crushed. The bus collided in Vodovodska Street in Železnik. The accident happened around 12.40:512 on lines 55 and 12. XNUMX people were injured, two of them seriously
City traffic
Šapić: The city of Belgrade has nothing to do with the technical correctness of public transport vehicles
The traffic police should be asked why vehicles that are probably not technically capable are on the street. Whether the vehicle is correct is done by services, technical services authorized by the MUP. What the City of Belgrade does is to check whether the vehicle is clean, whether it has air conditioning, whether it leaves on time, Šapić said.
City traffic
New incident: A bus damaged several cars in the parking lot
Another in a series of traffic accidents caused by or involving city transport vehicles. The most drastic case is from March 2024, when a wheel fell off a bus on route 78 and killed a woman
Protest
GSP: The union president was fired for speaking at a public meeting
GSP employees protested on Monday because the president of the "Pravda" trade union, Zoran Stefanović, was fired after a speech at a public meeting in front of the City Assembly.
Public Transport
GSP will have only 30 bus lines left: Another 84 lines will go into private hands
Union representatives in GSP state that their "rough calculation" indicates that GSP's revenue from line transportation could be halved as a result, but they note that they will have a more precise calculation in the coming days
GSP
A tram ran onto the sidewalk in the center of Belgrade, a problem with the switch was reported yesterday
A tram on line 7 derailed onto the sidewalk in the center of Belgrade, near St. Mark's Church, in the area of the ambulance, it is not known if there were any injuries. The director of the Center for Local Self-Government, Nikola Jovanović, tells "Vreme" that yesterday there were reports of problems with that turnpike.
Public Transport
GSP trade unions announced a protest: Privatization of lines leads the company to ruin
The GSP trade unions have announced a protest, but also more radical steps, if the city administration does not fulfill their demands. One by one, bus lines are being taken over by private owners, and during that time, burning buses, broken doors and wheels falling off have become a daily occurrence in Belgrade.