Guidelines for organizing and managing and criteria to be satisfied by fixed-route passenger pick-up and drop-off points in Vietnam

Criteria for establishment of fixed-route auto transport in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 17 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGTVT, criteria for establishment of fixed-route auto transport in Vietnam include:

- Availability of a road system declared to be in operation during the transport itinerary.

- Availability of a departure station and a arrival station declared to be in operation by a competent agency.

- Fixed route code

+ Inter-provincial fixed route is assigned a code determined according to area code of the province or city of departure and destination; code of the departure station and arrival station. Each route code is composed of numbers arranged in the following numerical ascending order: city or province with small area code number in front of city or province with greater code number; province or city’s bus station with small code number in front of province or city’s bus station with greater code number. If a route is composed of different destinations, characters in the Vietnamese alphabet (A, B, C) shall be added at the end of the number sequence;

+ Provincial fixed route is assigned a code determined according to area code of the province or city of departure and destination; code of the departure station and arrival station. Each route code is composed of numbers arranged in the following numerical ascending order: area code number of city or province; bus station with small code number; bus station with greater code number. If a route is composed of different destinations, characters in the Vietnamese alphabet (A, B, C) shall be added at the end of the number sequence.

Guidelines for organizing and managing and criteria to be satisfied by fixed-route passenger pick-up and drop-off points in Vietnam (Internet image)

Guidelines for organizing and managing and criteria to be satisfied by fixed-route passenger pick-up and drop-off points in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 18 of Circular 12/2020/TT-BGTVT, guidelines for organizing and managing and criteria to be satisfied by fixed-route passenger pick-up and drop-off points in Vietnam are as follows:

(1) Criteria to be satisfied by a passenger pick-up and drop-off point

- The passenger pick-up and drop-off point is only arranged at locations that ensure traffic safety and facilitate getting on and off;

- The passenger pick-up and drop-off point is large enough for vehicles to pick up and drop off passengers without obstructing other vehicles;

- There shall be a sign (Sign No. I.434a) intended for fixed routes at the passenger pick-up and drop-off point in accordance with the National technical regulation on road signs and signals No. QCVN41:2012/BGTVT enclosed with the Decree 54/2019/TT-BGTVT.

- The minimum distance between the two passenger pick-up and drop-off points or between a passenger pick-up and drop-off point and a rest stop or and stations at two ends of the route shall be determined by the Department of Transport according to current situation and traffic organization within the province.

(2) Organizing and managing a passenger pick-up and drop-off point

- The passenger pick-up and drop-off point is only used for fixed-route auto transport and must not be used for any other activities;

- At the passenger pick-up and drop-off point, an automobile is only allowed to stop for no more than 03 minutes.

- The Department of Transport shall determine the location of the fixed-route passenger pick-up and drop-off point (the point located along a highway and a road shall be approved by a competent road authority and a district-level People’s Committee respectively), reach an agreement thereon with the district-level People’s Committee and then request approval by the provincial People’s Committees.

- The Department of Transport shall advise the provincial People’s Committee on organizing, managing and ensuring traffic safety, order and security and environmental safety at passenger pick-up and drop-off points within the province;

- The pick-up and drop-off point shall be constructed according to the following principles: for a newly constructed, upgraded or expanded road, the investor shall record the passenger pick-up and drop-off point as an item of the construct project; for an operational road, the passenger pick-up and drop-off point shall be constructed by calling for private sector involvement or using the state budget;

- The Department of Transport shall issue a notice of operation or suspension of a fixed-route passenger pick-up and drop-off point.

Mai Thanh Loi

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