buses
Turkey freezes deal to import buses to Egypt: media
Egypt
July 31, 2013
Turkey freezes deal to import buses to Egypt: media
A Turkish company has frozen a LE600 million deal to import buses to Cairo in response to the overthrow of…
Fact box: Egypt boasted 5.85 million vehicles in 2010
Business
March 6, 2013
Fact box: Egypt boasted 5.85 million vehicles in 2010
A new study issued by the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said the country’s total number of…
Public transport drivers threaten general strike
Egypt
September 11, 2012
Public transport drivers threaten general strike
The Public Transport Authority threatened Tuesday to stage an all-out strike coinciding with the start of the school year. They…
Transport authority workers threaten presidential palace protest
Egypt
August 1, 2012
Transport authority workers threaten presidential palace protest
Public Transport Authority workers who have been protesting for three days at the authority headquarters in Nasr City threatened to…
The microbus mafia
Life & Style
December 20, 2011
The microbus mafia
“I said the backseat takes only three passengers. If you don't like it, get off the bus.”
Bodies of Hungarian tourist bus victims to be given to embassy
Egypt
November 7, 2011
Bodies of Hungarian tourist bus victims to be given to embassy
The Hurghada local prosecution has ordered the bodies of 11 Hungarian tourists killed in a bus accident to be handed…
Public transportation employees suspend strike
Egypt
September 27, 2011
Public transportation employees suspend strike
Public Transport Authority (PTA) employees in Cairo suspended their strike on Tuesday after meeting with Egypt's manpower minister, who promised…
More public transport workers join strike
Egypt
September 19, 2011
More public transport workers join strike
The public transport workers' strike expanded as workers at several bus garages in Cairo joined on the second day. On…