A Yutong bus runs on a road in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jan. 5, 2018. Well-equipped with high-tech and air-cons, Chinese Yutong's "smart" buses have brought a safe and comfortable riding choice to passengers in Phnom Penh. (Xinhua/Sovannara)

SAFE, COMFORTABLE RIDING EXPERIENCE WITH LESS MONEY EXPENSE

Seng Voleak, 23, an employee at the Shinhan Khmer Bank, said she rode the city bus twice a month to travel from her home in central Phnom Penh to a taxi station on the western Phnom Penh suburb before catching a taxi to her hometown in southwestern Kampot province.

"From my house to the taxi station is more than 10 km, and if I ride tuk-tuk (auto rickshaw), the fare is pretty high between 20,000 riel (5 U.S. dollars) and 25,000 riel (6.25 U.S. dollars), but riding the bus costs me only 1,500 riel (0.37 U.S. dollars)," she said.

"Traveling by bus is safer than by motorcycle or tuk-tuk and save money. More importantly, the bus has air-cons," she added.

Commuter Sok Rakin, sales manager of Gwang Jin Logistics & Trade (Cambodia), said he also regularly traveled by bus from house to office in the length of 10 km.

"It saves me a lot, and there is no risk. Unlike riding a motorcycle that I face traffic accidents and expose to hot sun and dust," he said. "Riding bus spends little money, it is comfortable and safe."