He AMBA bus system suffers hours of uncertainty because of the tensions between the Nation and the City for the payment of ticket subsidies. Given the doubts about the future of the frequency and prices of public transport, Luciano Fusarovice president of the Association of Motor Transport Entrepreneurs confirmed in statements to Radio 10 that “There will be no rate increase in September“.
The conflict encompasses a total of 31 lines that only travel through the streets of Buenos Aires. On the other hand, Fusaro confirmed that those who enjoyed the discount through Red SUBE “Starting Sunday they will no longer have it.“.
Fares and frequency of buses in the AMBA
The conflict between the Government of the City of Buenos Aires and Nation keeps public transport users in suspense, waiting for definitions on the future of fares and the frequency of buses. The tensions are based on the Transfer of the 31 bus lines that circulate in CABAwhich from next month will be under the responsibility of the Buenos Aires administration.
In response to this, in an interview with Radio 10, Fusaro confirmed that “There will be no rate increase in September”. In contrast to this, the vice president of the Association of Motor Transport Entrepreneurs stated that if The integrated ticket of the SUBE Network will be voided: “Those who until now had a discount when applying the SUBE on this group of lines, From Sunday onwards he will no longer have it.”..
According to the businessman, the cessation of the integrated ticket will affect “the 31 lines that circulate within CABA and the lines that only circulate through the suburbswhich are from number 200 and up”-
Regarding the situation of subsidies and the debate over which government will take charge of them, Fusaro explained: “Apparently there was a political agreementthere is a will on the part of the Nation to tell the City ‘I will transfer them to you so you can take charge of everything’. This has to be reflected in an agreement, in some administrative element, which will then be passed on to the legislature, which will review it and will make the formal transfer, which may take some time”.
In the meantime, the businessman believes that “The nation will continue to pay the subsidies “of the city lines” and that the City would “return the money to the Nation.” “I imagine an agreement of this nature until it is put on paper,” he concluded.
Finally, Fusaro stated that ““subsidies are miscalculated” throughout the AMBA. “It seems to us that the real cost of a user in the AMBA is $1400 against $870 between the rate and the subsidy. Beyond who pays the subsidy, if the number is wrong you don’t get enough money and that is also a problem that needs to be solved. Because otherwise “Companies have increasingly older groups, they have less frequency and people travel worse and worse while paradoxically paying more”he sentenced.
Buses: what will happen with the reduction of services?
Without a concrete agreement in sight, the motor transport businessmen confirmed that, starting this Sunday, the lines will operate with limited service at night.
Last Friday, Fusaro, He confirmed the measure in the event of a possible removal of subsidies: “The redetermination of system costs was not published, which is where the subsidy account comes from and which has not been updated since April. What we are going to do is reduce night services as a preventative way to avoid total paralysis“.
Along these lines, the automotive businessman predicted a negative outlook for bus companies and delved into the uncertainty of the sector for next week: “The situation for us is the same, We still don’t know what will happen next week.. The most critical situation is on the lines of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the famous 31 lines that circulate through CABA because there the national government said that the Head of Government Jorge Macri must assume the subsidies and the City is saying that the total transfer of jurisdiction of the 31 lines should be decided to take charge of that“.
Source: Ambito
