The Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires Jorge Macri announced this Wednesday that the district will implement an electric bus system starting in 2025. “More sustainability. In line with what is being done in the world and where our city still has a significant debt, we are going to implement 100% electric buses in the new line we are implementing from Plaza San Martín to Parque Lezama“This service will probably be extended to the mouth later,” said Macri.
Jorge Macri announced changes in the City’s buses
At the beginning of his speech, the Head of Government recalled: “Two months ago we were discussing whether or not to transfer the lines“. “We want to take charge of greater autonomy, take charge of things to improve them. As we have done with the police, with firefighters,” said the official. Along these lines, Jorge Macri announced a series of measures that will affect bus lines in the City.
First of all, the official referred to changes in the security of the lines that pass through the City. “In the next 3 months the buses will have a security camera inside them. These cameras are connected to our monitoring center“he explained.
On the other hand, Jorge Macri assured that they seek to incorporate “more technology” to the Buenos Aires transportation system. In that sense, and as it was applied in the Subway, the head of Government confirmed the implementation of the multipayment: “The neighbors will be able to travel in the collective not only with the SUBE, but also with the cell phone, TC, debit card. “It is a way to make life easier for people, for tourists, for those who come from the interior, for those who are not recurring users of the system.”
Another of the notable announcements is that, according to Macri, starting in January only “bus lines that are up to 10 years old” will circulate. Along these lines he explained that this “will force to the renewal of 241 vehicles in the fleet of around 1,800 that these 31 lines have”.
Regarding safety and accident prevention, the official assured that they will increase “breathalyzer and narcotest controls on drivers.” Regarding the road accidents, Macri detailed that during 2023 “100 people died” in traffic incidents: “We want to lower that number, not repeat it. We want to help the drivers work better every day. For that we are going to ask for the incorporation of what are called ADAS (External sensor system) that warns the driver of the proximity of something that is a risk. “Forward, behind and on the sides.”
Jorge Macri referred to the 2025 budget
At the end of the announcement, the head of Government highlighted that the country “it is important to have a budget“Many times I have had to manage at noon and have to seek that consensus,” he said about the possible debate in Congress.
“It seems to me that for a country that has managed to organize its macro, that is managing to not have a deficit, that has lowered the country’s risk, all of these gestures are very relevant to the world and are having an effect on the Argentine economy. . It is important to have a budget“said the head of government.
Along these same lines, the head of the Buenos Aires administration warned: “Otherwise the world is going to look and say ‘but wait, how is this? All this good news They are half in the air due to not having a budget“.
“I think it is important to work and the PRO is going to be working along those lines, to have a budget“The official promised, who did not rule out that the debate could”be extraordinary too. “You have to work all summer.”
Source: Ambito
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