It was officially announced by the Buenos Aires City government. In addition, the Transit Corps will add 1,300 new agents.
The government of the City of Buenos Aires announced that it will strengthen its Traffic Reorganization Plan which aims to control and improve road safety on the streets of Buenos Aires. In this way, the incorporation of 1,300 new agents and nearly 200 motorcycles.
One of the main objectives of this plan is to prevent double parking in the downtown area of the city, thus achieving more fluid traffic. In the first stage of the Traffic Reorganization Plan Controls were reinforced on avenues and streets and in the vicinity of hospitals, schools, banks, companies transporters, bus stops and loading and unloading areas.
Jorge Macri’s plan to improve traffic in CABA
As announced, the The Buenos Aires administration strengthened its Traffic Reorganization Plan in order to improve and make road safety on the streets of Buenos Aires more effective. On this subject, Jorge MacriHead of Government, explained: “We are committed to organizing the City, that is why we are reinforcing our traffic force with more motorcycle agents so that they have greater deployment capacity and can cover more areas. There are 45 150 cc motorcycles, very agile and sufficiently safe and fast to move around the city.”
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“The idea is that the traffic officer is no longer alone on a corner, where it is difficult for him to notice what is happening around the corner or two blocks away, but with the motorcycle you have the possibility of moving quickly and preventively covering a much larger area.“, added the Buenos Aires mayor. In this way, they joined the Traffic Corps 1,300 agents and nearly 200 motorcycles.
In its first stage, this reorganization plan seeks to reinforce the work carried out in avenues and streets and in the vicinity of hospitals, schools, banks, transport companies, bus stops and loading and unloading areas. In addition, one of the main objectives of the measure is to intensify controls to prevent double-parking in central areas.
The extension of the metered parking system to Puerto Madero was also announced, with 3,695 new spaces, among other measures. On the other hand, they have already been eliminated 40 left turns on two-way avenuesLanes were redesigned and garbage containers were relocated on busy streets and avenues.
So far in 2024, the majority of the violations that were drawn up were related to excesses speed and improper parking. According to official data, more than 270 thousand alcohol testswith a positivity rate of 1.25%. .
Traffic in CABA: what is the value of fines in September 2024
The Macri administration confirmed a new increase in the Values of each fine and traffic violationwhich will update the value of its measurement parameter, known as Fixed Unit (UF). From the Regulated Decree 64/22the amounts will remain until the first quarter of 2025. Thus, the value for each traffic fine in CABA for September is as follows:
- Fine for speeding when traveling at more than 20 km/h: $32,997.30.
- Fine for speeding when travelling at more than 150 km/h: up to $1,885,560.
- Fine for bad parking: $47,139
- Fine for running a red light: between $94,179 and $707,085.
- Fine for obstructing ramps for the disabled: $141,417
- Fine for obstructing exclusive lanes: $65,994.60
- Fine for not having the VTV: $47,139
- Fine for having an expired VTV: $47,139
- Fine for carrying an expired driver’s license: $70,708.50
- Fine for not carrying a driver’s license: $23,569.50
- Fine for not wearing a seat belt: $47,139
- Fine for having tinted windows: $23,569.50
- Fine for covering the license plate: $471,390.
- Fine for driving with headphones on or talking on the phone: $47,139
- Fine for texting while driving: $92,278
Source: Ambito
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