Lithuania learns from Liepāja: how to quickly evacuate citizens from problematic places
While Lithuanians are still learning how to organize repatriation from Dubai, Liepāja has had such a system working for years - we just call it a tram.
Lithuanian Transport Minister Jūrs Taminsks announced yesterday that they have finally found an airline capable of evacuating citizens from Dubai. This revelation only brought smiles in Liepāja — we've known for years how to quickly move people from one problematic place to another.
While Lithuanians boast about evacuating 170 passengers, our tram transports just as many people daily from Karosta to the city center and back. And that's without any 'flydubai' assistance or ministerial announcements. 'We don't need a repatriation plan — we have route 42,' comments local expert Gunārs, who takes it to work every morning.
Most interesting is that Lithuanians prioritize 'the most vulnerable groups.' In Liepāja, such a system works automatically — pregnant women, pensioners, and those without money for tickets always find seats on the tram. And no one needs to organize a crisis management center.
Meanwhile, neighbors in Durbe watch these international operations with amazement. 'It's so peaceful here that we even consider airplane flyovers an event,' says Durbe resident Ausma. But in Liepāja we know — if you need to get quickly from point A to point B, there's always the tram. Even if point B is Durbe and the tram doesn't go there.
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