LATVIAN ASSOCIATION OF PASSENGER CARRIERS

1. LPPA President Peteris Salkazanovs LATVIAN ASSOCIATION OF PASSENGER CARRIERS

3. LATVIA DISTRICTS GENERAL FACTS ABOUT LATVIA Latvia in Brief Location: Latvia is situated in Northern Europe, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The Territory of Latvia: 64,589 square kilometres (24,938 square miles). National anthem: 'Dievs, sveti Latviju!' (God Bless Latvia) International code: LV Constitution: democratic parliamentary republic The parliament, called the Saeima consists of 100 elected MPs. President: Valdis Zatlers ( from 2007)Offical language: Latvian Total population: 2,274,700 ( 2007) Capital city: Riga (with 764,328 inhabitants) Administrative organisation: 7 cities, 65 towns, 26 regions, 11 districts, 467 parishes Traditionally divided into 4 regions: Vidzeme, Latgale, Kurzeme and Zemgale Largest cities apart from Riga: Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jurmala, Liepaja, Rezekne, Ventspils Major ports: Ventspils, Riga, Liepaja Ethnic composition: Latvians - 57.7%, Russians - 29.6%, Belorussians - 4.1%, Ukrainians - 2.7%, Poles- 2.5%, Lithuanians - 1.4%, Others - 2% Religion: Non-religious - 35%, Lutheran - 24%, Catholic - 18%, Orthodox - 15%, Others - 8% Currency: Lats (LVL), 1 lats = 100 santimi

4. 1993 8tn November

5. LPPA represent 60 members. Enterprises from Latvia.

6. LPPA members apportioments by aspects Passenger traffic internal passenger carried by bus - 37 enterprises; Passenger traffic international passenger carried by bus - 5 enterprises; Passenger traffic internal passenger carried by tram - 3 enterprises; Irregula Passenger traffic by bus – 36 enterprises; Taxi traffic – 15 enterprises.

7. LPPA STRUCTURE:

8. 4REGIONAL SECTION Vidzemes section Kurzemes section Zemgales section Latgales section

9. 3SECTOR SECTION International bus lines section Taxi passenger carried section Passenger traffic urban section

10. LPPA in the enterprises are working 12000 employee

11. Passengers carried 2007: Railway – 27,4 mln.passenger. Buses – 194,3 mln.passenger. Tram – 93,2 mln.passenger. Trolley-buses – 90,4 mln.passenger.

12. Passengers carried, mln.passengers : Passenger trafic:Urban bus lines – 148,0 Passenger trafic:Urban electrified lines –148,0 Passenger trafic:Suburban bus lines – 27,3 Passenger trafic:Interurban bus lines – 18,5 Passenger trafic: International bus lines – 0,613

13. LPPA in the enterprises carried passengers: Passenger trafic:Urban bus lines – 98,5% Passenger trafic:Suburban bus lines – 89,3% Passenger trafic:Interurban bus lines – 90% Passenger trafic: Urban lines by tram and by trolley-bus - 100%

14. Passenger turnover, mln.passenger - km : Passenger trafic:Urban bus lines – 1048,2 Passenger trafic:Suburban bus lines – 467,5 Passenger trafic:Interurban bus lines – 952,0 Passenger trafic: International bus lines – 176,1

15. Average length of journey per passenger, km: Urban bus lines – 7 Suburban bus lines – 17 Interurban bus lines - 52 International bus lines - 287

16. Passenger traffic number of buses, tramcars and trolley-buses: Buses – 2566 Tramcars - 323 Trolley-buses - 334

17. Passenger traffic number of bus lines – 1768Passenger traffic length of bus lines , km -199855Passenger traffic length of tramlines, km – 166Passenger traffic length of trolley-bus lines, km -209,7

18. AVERAGE GROSS MONTHLY WAGES AND SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES IN ROAD AND URBAN ELECTRIFIED275,- LVL

19. Subsidy on public transport service Year ,inter alia in railway 1999 – 10,7 mln. LVL 2000 – 9,9 mln.LVL 0,3 mln. LVL 2001 – 9,2 mln.LVL 0,3 mln. LVL 2002 – 12,5 mln.LVL 0,3 mln. LVL 2003 – 14,4 mln.LVL 0,626 mln. LVL 2004 – 23,7 mln.LVL 8,487 mln. LVL 2005– 30,0 mln.LVL 14,833 mln. LVL 2006 – 37,7 mln. LVL 20,044 mln. LVL 2007 – 48,1 mln. LVL 23,594 mln. LVL

20. LATVIAN ASSOCIATION OF PASSENGER CARRIERS(LPPA)‏ Latvia, Riga, Dzirciema street 121-301 LV-1055 Phone:+37167460255 Fax:+37167465400 E-mail: lppa@latnet.lv