Uzbekistan, Jan. 27 -- Public buses in Tashkent, carried an average of over 662,000 passengers daily in 2023, the press service of "Toshshahartranskhizmat" reports. Throughout the year, buses were used a total of 241.7 million times.

The capital's public transport network comprises 165 routes, with an average of 1,700 buses serving passengers daily. The total number of daily trips reached almost 17,000, resulting in a yearly over 6 mln trips.

According to the Statistics Agency, the Tashkent metro transported 162.7 million passengers in 2023, with an average daily 445.9 thousand people.

The Ministry of Transport conducted analyses comparing light transport to buses, determining that buses are 135 times more efficient. On average, one li...