{
  "id": 13064625,
  "title": "Petition to launch motorboats for passenger transport on Dnipro in Kyiv fails to gather enough votes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/petition-to-launch-motorboats-for-passenger-transport-on-dnipro-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-09T07:57:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1217003.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A petition on the Kyiv City Council website proposing motorboats for passenger transport along the Dnipro River in the capital did not receive the necessary 6,000 votes to be considered. The initiative was submitted on August 10 and, as of October 9, had only garnered 459 votes. The petition claimed that adding motorboats and rowboats to the Dnipro's passenger transport would alleviate the burden on municipal ground transport such as buses, trams, and trolleybuses, as well as the metro. However, a similar petition advocating for the restoration and improvement of public river transport on the Dnipro in June also failed to reach the required vote count. It was previously reported that The Telegraph published an article suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked General Sergei Surovikin with dismantling bridges over the Dnipro, which are vital to the functioning of the Ukrainian capital.",
  "summary": "A petition on the Kyiv City Council website calling for motorboats to be launched in the capital as an additional mode of passenger transport on the Dnipro River has not gathered the number of votes required for consideration.",
  "key_points": [
    "Petition for motorboats on Dnipro River fails to reach 6,000 votes",
    "Initiative submitted on August 10, 459 votes as of October 9",
    "Similar petition for public river transport restoration also failed"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Interfax-Ukraine",
        "title": "Public transport partially halted in Kyiv due to power supply problems - Kyivpastrans",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/public-transport-partially-halted-in-kyiv-due-to-power-supply",
        "published": "2026-10-09T06:14:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}