A group calling for civilized public transport in Yerevan will be staging a protest today at 5pm outside the Ministry of Transportation and Communication.

There, they will deliver a letter of resignation for Minister Manuk Vardanyan to sign given his failure to improve public transportation conditions in Armenia’s capital.

Visitors to Yerevan will have surely noticed the outdated and uncomfortable minivans and other Soviet-era vehicles puffing out noxious gas fumes that most city residents have to cram into to and from work or just to get around town in.

Protest organizers say that yesterday they went to talk to Nikol Pashinyan, one of the HAK leaders at Opera Square, to ask that news of today’s demonstration be announced.

They say that Pashinyan promised to confer with other HAK officials regarding their request.

The “Civilized Transportation” reps claim that Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s press conference failed to address their concerns and was just another event to praise the former president.

The group says they do not trust either the government or political opposition when it comes to resolving the daily challenges facing average citizens of Armenia.