The companies claim the updates in the budget items to the Government. The service would also be interrupted tomorrow between 13 and 16
By iProfessional
18/04/2023 – 15,32hs
The urban transport companies of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) confirmed that Finally, they will suspend the service during 9:00 p.m. this Tuesday and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow.. The measure of force will be carried out, since the firms in the sector demand from the Government an update of the subsidies, given the increase in costs due to inflation.
“The business entities of public transportation of passengers by automobile that sign the present alert the population in view of the considerable delay verified in the accreditation of the funds of the tariff compensations corresponding to the higher costs incurred during the current year,” they said in a statement.
In addition, anticipated that this Wednesday between 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.the service would also be interrupted. This was the measure originally planned, which it was decided to deepen with today’s strike.
Transport strike: which lines stop today and tomorrow?
According to business chambers, all the lines of federal jurisdiction —that is to say, that of the City of Buenos Aires—, the national lines —which go from CABA to province and from province to CABA—; in addition to the communal and provincial lines: that is, from the lines that go from 1 to 799 will be affected. “All the buses are going to stop working and there will be no transportation,” they said.
The document was signed by CEAP (Cámara Empresaria de Autotransporte de Pasajeros), CETUBA (Business Chamber of Urban Transport of Buenos Aires), CTPBA (Chamber of Transport of the Province of Buenos Aires), AAETA (Argentine Association of Automobile Transport Entrepreneurs) and CEUTUPBA (Chamber of United Entrepreneurs of Urban Passenger Transport of Buenos Aires).
The head of the Chamber of Urban Transport Entrepreneurs of Buenos Aires (Cetuba), Mario Vacca, referred to the reasons that led to this decision. “The calculation of the costs is very late, which had been calculated every six months, but with this level of inflation it gets complicated,” he said in a dialogue with Radio Miter and added: “Until the first quarter of this year, the full subsidies were collected, but with the cost calculations made with the prices of August 2022. Although in February the prices of the costs were updated, with those of December, that difference has not yet been paid to date”.
There will be no buses from today at 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. this Tuesday. Nor will there be between 13 and 16 tomorrow.
Increase in buses and trains: how much they cost since March
The Ministry of Transportation reported that from Wednesday, March 1, the new rate schedule for train and bus services in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) began to apply. It implied a 6% increase in the price of tickets, in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec). In that same month, the tickets had already increased in value.
In any case, Transportation assured that the social rate that currently reaches 4.8 million people will be maintained, which includes a 55% discount on the ticket, and the RED SUBE program, with 50% discounts on the ticket for the first transhipment and 75% from the second transhipment in 2 hours from the first trip.
How much will the bus cost in March 2023?
- 0 to 3km: $37.10.
- 3-6 km: $41,34.
- 6 to 12km: $44.52
- 12 a 27km: $47,70
- 27 to 45 km: $50.88.
