Lviv Bus is a public bus transport system in Lviv, serviced by standard (12m) and medium (8m) buses, operating in the "regular" mode, and is the main type of public transport by ridership, number of routes and units of rolling stock.
The bus system in Ukraine works as self-profitable (no PSO contract or special subsidy) with elements of shadow economy — each day the driver should earn money for the operator and for himself.
Officially, in most companies bus drivers works for a minimum wage, and the rest of the salary they "earn" comes directly from fares (passengers cash payments).
₴70 Mio[clarification needed] per year) for bus operators only for privileged passengers (such as pensioners), but there was no exact count of such persons traveled till the end of 2023.
The Office for Transport of Lviv City Council organizes competition for bus urban routes each 5 years according to Resolution No.
On April 12, 1928, the first bus route "A" began operating from Sknyliv Airport to Saint Elizabeth church (Kropyvnytskoho sq., since 1992).
1 service routes mostly with 190 standard low-floor buses of Electron A185 and MAZ 203 which are 12m long (without AC) and can carry up to 100 passengers.
In the fall of 2023, LCE "Lvivavtodor" announced that cashless payment of fares in all urban public transport in Lviv will start on December 11, 2023.
Passengers paying in cash must obtain a ticket from the driver and keep it throughout the trip, and "LeoCard" holders must validate the card.
These data take into account the number of trips made by all passengers, in particular by preferential categories (school children, seniors, handicapped, etc.)