Russia Lyceum 28, Kirov Tatiana Khodyreva Artem Moshkin, Alexandra Nasikovskaya, Valeria Kononova, Viktoriia Shikhova Our project is “Optimization of public transport” Why have we chosen this theme? We think that it’s very important for the big city how the public transport works. So we decided to learn about its history, development and organization of its work in Kirov. We did a survey of our students and found out that the work of transport concerns many of them. They go to school and back by bus or trolley. Some of students use public transport to go to different sport or art centers and other places. To get as much information as possible we went to the Central Dispatch Service. We observed the work of dispatchers, learnt that there are 52 transport routs in our city, of which 45 are bus and 7 trolleybus routes. The length of the network of public routs in the territory of Kirov is 1040 km. For example, trolleybuses transport approximately 44500 people per day. We organized the excursion to the trolleybus park (depot) and looked at its work from inside. As it appeared the first trolleybus began to carry passengers in 1943 and it was wooden. Now 90 trolleybuses carry passengers on weekdays and 60 on weekends. Our group learnt a lot of interesting and useful facts about trolleys. They are ecologically friendly and almost don’t pollute the air. We are going to tell about public transport to small children and pupils of elementary and middle school, remind them about the rules of behavior in transport and on the roads.