Each day, residents of Tirana are forced to get on jam-packed public buses that are filled way over their usual capacity.
In addition, they are also forced to wait for long hours at a time for each bus to reach the station.
According to Tirana’s City Hall, citizens have to wait at a bus station for an average of 3-13 minutes.
Euronews Albania reporters, however, investigated this on the ground and found out that waiting time can reach upwards of 30 minutes.
Citizens themselves complain not only about the long wait times but about the constantly overcrowded buses as well.
“It’s a big issue. [We have to wait from] 20 minutes to half an hour. And there are many commuters too. 100-200 people in a single bus,” – said a citizen.
“Forget about sitting, that’s not even an option. But I was worried about getting in. I couldn’t. Now, I’m waiting for the next one,” –said another citizen.
Citizens are often forced to hold on to the bus doors because there is no place to sit.
These problems are an all-year-round issue for Tirana’s citizens, but over the past couple of weeks, things have gotten even worse.
Many bus routes have been cut down to 50% capacity since the beginning of the Ukraine war and the oil crisis that followed as a result.
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