Less than two weeks after the change of Government, the discussion about the transportation subsidies. In the cities of Cordova and Rosario. In the last hours, they set a 30% increase in the rate that will go to $240.
In the case of Cordovathe increase was enabled by the municipality that responds to a “need expressed by the transportation companies, FETAP and UTA that, given the inflation suffered by Argentina, demand an update of the ticket to sustain the transportation service.”
In a videoconference between the Secretary of Mobility of Rosario Nerina Manganelli and the Secretary of Transportation of Córdoba Marcelo Rodio, decided to raise the value of the ticket to $240 after studying fuel increases, inflation and the corresponding cost bill.
With the new rate, the cost of the ticket for a person who makes two trips per day is projected at $9,600 pesos per month.
Increase in bus fares in Rosario
In the case of rosary beads The increase is the same, it was paid $185 and now it will cost $240. In this case, it is the fourth increase that has been applied so far this year. In February it had been adjusted from $85 to $99 pesos; In June it climbed to $120 and at the beginning of October it was updated to $185.
The Rosario Mobility Entity, after seven months of analysis, revealed in September that the real cost of the bus ticket It should be $306.
Transportation subsidies: the new government disbursement
Last week, the National government will allocate more than $8,000 million for the public transport subsidy in the AMBA during November, given that the average fare covers only 10% of the cost of the ticket.
This was determined in Resolution 615/2023 of the Ministry of Transportation published today in the Official Gazette. There it is observed that the cost per kilometer of passenger transportation services in the metropolitan region amounts to $1,143.20.
With a total passengers Average estimates of 24,227,000, the amount transported per kilometer is 3.09, which would give an average rate of $369.87. Since the average fare to pay is $37.94 – close to 10% of the value of the fare – the compensation that the State must make amounts to $7,968 million.
That figure will rise to $8.3 billion in December, always according to official numbers. For that month the cost of the ticket would be $435.61. This situation reinforced the claim of the provincial authorities for the “inequality” in subsidies.
Source: Ambito
