Lviv bus

Lviv Bus is a public bus transport system in Lviv, serviced by standard (12m) and medium (8m) buses, operating in the "regular" mode, and is the main type of public transport by ridership, number of routes and units of rolling stock. As of 2018,[1] the executive committee of the Lviv City Council (LCC) has approved 54 urban routes (with further addition of 15 new routes during 2019-2023 — 69) that are served by 5 operators identified in the competition in October 2018 (competition repeats each 5 years). Through Lviv also runs several dozen of suburban routes (range # 100–900) approved by the Lviv Regional State Administration (LRSA).

Buses in Lviv
Electron А18501 & MAZ 203 in Lviv (2018)
Overview
Area served	Lviv
Locale	Lviv, Ukraine
Transit type	Bus
Number of lines	49 out of 69 (in operation from 2021)
Operation
Began operation	1835 – horse-drawn omnibus 1928 – diesel bus
Operator(s)	Communal: ATP-1, Private: ATP-14630, Mira i K, Fiakr, Uspikh-BM
Number of vehicles	~390 (in operation) out of ~490 passenger
Technical
System length	1,600 km (990 mi)

In 2010, bus transport in the city carried 128.9 million passengers, accounting for 63.1% of all ridership in the city according to Regional Office of State Service of Statistics of Ukraine.

The Office for Transport of Lviv City Council (OT LCC) is the organizer of public transportation in Lviv. Legal regulation of the passenger transportation industry is carried out by the Law of Ukraine On Automobile Transport,[2] Resolution No. 1081[3] of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and other by-laws of Ukraine. The bus system in Ukraine works as self-profitable (no PSO contract or special subsidy) with elements of shadow economy — each day the driver should earn money for the operator and for himself. Officially, in most companies bus drivers works for a minimum wage, and the rest of the salary they "earn" comes directly from fares (passengers cash payments). The city budget compensate a small sum (approx. ₴70 Mio per year) for bus operators only for privileged passengers (such as pensioners), but there is no exact count of such persons traveled.

The Office for Transport of Lviv City Council organizes competition for bus urban routes each 5 years according to Resolution No. 1081[3] of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The competition procedure is the same for all transportation organizers in Ukraine, it involves the collection of applications in the approved form and the awarding of points (according to the detailed criteria outlined in the government decree) to each participant of the competition. Contestants are usually the same carriers (operators) with the same buses. It is important to note that the competition is not a bidding procedure, as in the case of EU countries, Switzerland or Norway. According to the results of the competition, none of the parties bears any financial obligations. The city council compensates carriers for part of the money for the transportation of privileged passengers and pensioners, but this sum does not cover all the necessary costs for a proper transportation service. As a result, there are constant problems and low quality of bus service.