Filenews 12 September 2022
The Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yiannis Karousos, attended the launch of the "Door to Door" student transport program today, accompanied by the Head of the Public Passenger Transport Directorate, Mr. Andreas Nikiforou. Specifically, the route attended by the Minister started from 29 Larnakos Street in Ormidia at 7:05 a.m., towards the Second Primary School of Ormidia.
The "Door to Door" program concerns the transportation of Primary Education students to their schools, with buses and escorts who will pick them up from the door of their home.
This is a pioneering step by Cypriot standards, which aims to reduce the traffic problem on the roads and at the same time facilitate parents.
In his statements, the Minister said that today is an important day for Public Passenger Transport, education, as well as for primary school students and their parents, as the pilot phase of the transfer of primary school students from house to house to primary schools is being implemented.
In addition, Mr. Karousos stated that the program "Starts with 13 elementary schools in all Districts. We had 313 students nationwide, 3 primary schools in Nicosia, 2 in Limassol, 2 in Larnaca, 3 in Famagusta District and 3 in Paphos. It is a service for any one, it has social and other benefits, will facilitate parents and will also have benefits in traffic. Today I talked to several of their parents on the route I followed, who were excited and pleased that this service was being offered."
