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Procedure for bus traffic suspension
from Emergency response
by The Pitch
• In case of ice-covered road. An exception may be routes where traffic under slight ice conditions may be allowed if the length of this ice area does not exceed one hundred meters on city routes, one kilometer on suburban routes and three kilometers on intercity routes, and there are no road slopes of more than 4%.
In this case, the bus traffic is resumed only after deicing of the driveway. • When the wind speed is over 25 m/sec.
• If it is known that there are snow and sand drifts or other obstacles on the road that can cause the bus to get stuck.
• On intercity and suburban routes in frosty conditions with an air temperature of -400C and below.
• If the road repair works have created the conditions threatening health and life of passengers (the main or bypass roads do not meet the traffic safety requirements, the places of the repair works are not marked and equipped in accordance with the applicable instructions).
• In cases of natural disasters, accidents on heating, gas, electrical and other systems, fires, which create conditions that threaten safety of passenger transportation (a possibility of avalanches, mudflows, rockfalls, partial destruction of road sections, engineering structures due to landslides, ice drift, earthquakes, accidents, a possibility of electric shock to passengers), etc.
Procedure for bus traffic suspension
1. If the road conditions are dangerous for traffic, a right to suspend the bus traffic is given to dispatch services and operational traffic management services with immediate distribution of information to management of enterprises - vehicle owners, bus terminals, passenger bus stations, city unitary customer services, traffic police departments, and road mainte nance services in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
2. Upon receiving the information about the road conditions dangerous for traffic, management of enterprises - owners of vehicles, institutions, organizations, bus stations and city services make decisions on the time period of traffic suspension and immediately inform regional and local
