On Thursday, representatives of the local government met with representatives of AS Nordeka to discuss possible solutions for transporting students and teachers to educational institutions in the event of passenger transport operators ceasing operations. The planned action on **September 16** will affect more than **600 students in the Bauska region** who usually use public transport to get to educational institutions. However, school transport organized by the local government will continue to operate as usual. The local government explained that parents will receive information via e-klase that public transport will be unavailable on that day. Parents are encouraged to use the existing school buses or, if possible, to bring their children and teenagers to school and pick them up afterward. For those children who cannot be transported to school, educational institutions will organize **distance learning** if necessary. As previously reported by LETA, some regional passenger transport operators that have signed long-term contracts with the government for ten years will **cease to operate state-ordered public transport routes for one day on September 16**. Ivo Ošenieks, President of the Latvian Passenger Transport Association (LPPA), informed LETA that the exact number of companies that will join the action is still unknown, as each carrier makes its own decision. However, according to him, the majority of carriers intend to participate in the protest. The LPPA demands an immediate solution for the indexing of long-term contracts for regional bus carriers and additional funding to cover significantly increased costs. The association emphasizes that the Road Transport Directorate (ATD) together with the Procurement Monitoring Bureau has already developed a legal solution that now needs to be submitted for approval to the Cabinet of Ministers. Additionally, the LPPA has demanded that by **September 15**, the ATD be instructed to make the necessary changes to the long-term contracts. Carriers are also demanding compensation for the significant rise in fuel prices caused by the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East and additional funding from the state budget to cover costs arising from changes to the long-term contracts.