Mayor Pablo Javkin presented this Tuesday 15 buses to reinforce two lines of the Urban Passenger Transport system (TUP) and confirmed that in January there will be no rate increase as was announced for the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Amba).
“We made a commitment to transportation that was get out of the emergency, that implies 57 new units and this is the first batch of 15 cars. Eight for the Rosario Bus company and seven for Movi (municipal)”, announced Javkin.
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The mayor specified that the groups were “assigned to the improvement of the lines with the highest demand”in relation to 153 and 103. One that “goes to the north and the other linking the south with the north,” he said.
That union of neighborhoods enabled a tribute to the world champion soccer players, Angel Di María and Leo Messi (who lived their childhoods in those ends of the city). A photo of them with the cup was plotted on the units.
The goal of 690 units
On the other hand, the head of the Palacio de Los Leones affirmed that it is “time to recover the system after the pandemic” that affected the demand and the entire structure and pointed out that for this it is important “return to buy new cars and put them into office, according to what the specifications established”.
“We have a systematic line recovery plan that has a first step in January and on February 6 we return to the route of 130 and 146, from Tablada. And then the 106, 122 and 102, which are going to modify their routes, ”he advanced.
In 2023, he synthesized, the TPU should “reach 690 units” and thus remain “close to what is established in the original specifications.”
The Raise and the rates
javkin waits “in March having implemented the Sube card that will bring social benefits” for local users and increasing the charging networks, by merging them with those of Movi. “The target date is March, with the school year, with a first transition scheme,” he later expanded.
This step will be vital, as explained by the mayor, to assess the economic impact on the system and the future rate. We want to speed up the process. and have as a priority that the benefits of the Sube arrive ”, he added.
In addition, he spoke of the funds that the Nation must transfer due to the criteria of subsidies established in the Budget and, as a fundamental policy, to advance in “a federal transportation law that gives equality between those who live in the interior of the country and those who live in the Both”.
In this regard, he referred to the monthly increase provided for the Buenos Aires area, but “we are not going to change our quarterly evaluation scheme.” “The next quarter, which begins in February, we will have to see some question of rates because the inflationary process is undeniable”, he said.
