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Autotransporta direkcija

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Autotransporta direkcija is a government institution in Latvia responsible for implementing unified state policies in the field of passenger and freight transportation. Their main activities include planning public transportation, issuing licenses for commercial transport of goods and passengers, and granting permits for international transport.

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Updates as of Sep 09, 2024

• Autotransporta direkcija issued a permit to Ventspils reiss for commercial passenger transport on the Rīga-Ventspils route.
• Starting September 16, Autotransporta direkcija will charge for previously free regional bus routes following a decision by the Public Transport Council.
• Autotransporta direkcija announced that their upgraded regional buses now offer Wi-Fi, seat belts at every seat, and cashless payment options.
• Starting September 1, 2024, Autotransporta direkcija opened new bus routes between Ventspils and Ugāle and adjusted the schedule for the Ventspils-Skrunda route.
• Autotransporta direkcija will start running modern regional buses in the Madona route network from 1 September, enhancing accessibility and comfort for passengers with special needs.

• Valsts kontrole found several violations in regional bus route planning, for which Autotransporta direkcija is responsible.
• Autotransporta direkcija is working with ViviVilciens to shorten the time between ticket purchase and validation.
• Autotransporta direkcija is participating in the Baltic AI Hackathon with three regional transport topics, offering winners a trip to Meta FAIR in Paris and meetings with AI experts (September 3-4).
• Autotransporta direkcija is testing the Tapbox ticket terminal for public transport users in Latvia.
• Starting 2 September 2024, Autotransporta direkcija will include the 'Bērzupīte' stop in Annenieku pagasts in the regional bus route schedule for Rīga-Liepāja.
• On 2023-10-10, Dins Merirands, Chairman of the Board of Autotransporta direkcija, will be featured in a studio interview on Krustpunktā.
• Dins Merirands, Chairman of the Board at Autotransporta direkcija, believes that analyzing route profitability and network during the Covid period would have led to incorrect conclusions.
• Autotransporta direkcija reported that Latvian carriers conducted 85.2% of their total transport operations as bilateral and transit shipments in Russia.
• Dins Merirands, chairman of the board at Autotransporta direkcija, appeared on RigaTV24 on August 16, 2024.
• Dins Merirands, chairman of the board at Autotransporta direkcija, explained that transporting an animal in a vehicle is a paid service.
• Autotransporta direkcija has updated its address to Valērijas Seiles iela 1, Rīga, LV-1019.

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