New buses in city buslines

In 2010 was carried out a procurement for next period (starting from January 2011) for public transport services in the city of Tartu, Estonia. The aim of the procurement was to rise a quality level of public transport system in Tartu and thus increase the number of users of city public transport system, to bring car drivers out of cars to use public transport system. There was set many different requirements (technical, service quality etc.) to fulfil by next operator. The most Important requirements where: all buses must be brand new and low-floor buses fulfilling requirements of standard EURO5. Among other conditions there was required to introduce at minimum 5 CNG buses.
As a result of the implementation of new buses and the improvement of the quality of public transport, the number of public transport users increased by about 10% in 2011-2012. Thanks to the introduction of CNG buses, the city also had a public gas station, which provided a significant boost to the use of gas-fueled vehicles. For example, today the officials of the Tartu City Government have already got 8 gas vehicles.
Tthe changes made have reduced the number of vehicles in daily traffic and, as a result, the environmental impact of transport has decreased. As a result, alternative and more environmentally friendly gaseous fuels have become more and more widely used.
From increasing of quality of public transport got the benefit both city dwellers, businesses and tourists visiting the city.