Prague Public Transit Company: Mr. Klaus’s proposal “irrealistic”

On Monday, Petr Blažek, the head of the transport department of the Prague Public Transit Company, reacted to the president’s proposal to substitute private busses for public transportation on Thursday, when a transport strike will hit the capital. He said that the company had already considered this; however, private bus companies did not have the capacity to make up for the standstill of public transportation. He added that this solution was not realistic and that private companies would never have the resources to replace public transportation, especially during peak hours. The mayor of Prague, Bohuslav Svoboda, has not yet reacted to President Václav Klaus’s statement.