Within the framework of an ambitious plan mobility of US$700 million, the City will continue with the expansion of multipayment system within the Buenos Aires transportation network. After announcing its expansion in the subway stations, the Buenos Aires authorities confirmed that This Thursday it will begin to be implemented in the first bus lines that circulate through Federal Capital.
The multiplicity payment system, which since the end of November has already reached two million trips on the subway, will begin to be implemented in the next few hours on line 41, one of the 31 that were transferred to the orbit of control from the Nation to the Buenos Aires authorities. Half of the fleet operated by the Azul company will have the new posnet to pay with cell phones, debit/credit cards of banks and virtual wallets.
“We broke the state monopoly”the City pointed out to this medium when talking about the incorporation of new payment methods in the Buenos Aires transportation network, where until now only the SUBE system, a card that, at the time, represented a before and after for passengers since it allowed leave behind the use of bills and coins (which was a daily complication for the traveler).
“We want more competition and less bureaucracy so that there is more freedom,” they summarized. regarding the objective of implementing the multipayment system, where private companies already offer discounts on tickets to win over passengers. “15% of subway trips are currently paid through this system,” they explain from CABA.
For example, regarding the subway, the Ministry of Mobility hopes that with the expansion of the multipayment open the doors to apply differentiated rates to be able to discriminate the use of subsidies. One of the aspects that is under debate is the value for tourists and the charging for night service.
“We are going to be able to subsidize in a differentiated way. Why does an Argentinian have to pay the same as a German,” they asked.. In addition, they announced that they are evaluating expanding the current nighttime scheme that governs Fridays on line B to other subways. “It can be offered for another fee,” they said.
City launches the plan to modernize the Buenos Aires transportation network
The arrival of multipayment to the network of groups that are under the control orbit of City falls within the modernization plan which the Buenos Aires Government announced last year and which began to be implemented days ago. As reported at that time, it includes the installation and monitoring of more than 6,500 security cameras that will be connected to the City Mobility Management and Monitoring Center, located in Pedro Chutro.
Furthermore, the plan contemplates the incorporation of the ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) Intelligent Driving system that through sensors and Artificial intelligence allows you to warn about different risks that may arise during the tour. According to figures from the Buenos Aires government, 100 people died last year due to traffic incidents.
In this context, since January, the Government of CABA began to require private companies to renew their automobile fleet to reduce their antique less than 10 years. One of the controversial points of the announced changes was the obligation that all the lines that are under the orbit of the City have the same identity color: dark blue.
As a result of complaints from Buenos Aires residents about the complications that it will generate to see each line, the Minister of Urban Mobility, Pablo Bereciartua made official that will maintain the original colors of the lines on the front and on its sides, going backwards with the original idea that they all have the same blue color.
However they will add the phrase “City Collectives”so that those belonging to the capital can be identified, and they will be filleted by characteristic Buenos Aires artistseach line with its stamp.
Subway, bus and toll rates will increase in the City
Meanwhile, City authorities called a public hearing to discuss and set another increase in subway, bus and toll rates. They will be discussed at the beginning of 2025 and are expected to be applied during the month of March.
The summons was made official through its publication in the Official Gazette of the City, and in principle it is planned to carry out a 10% adjustment in the cost of public transport tickets that operate within the jurisdiction. The increase would also impact the toll service corresponding to Autopistas Urbanas Sociedad Anónima (AUSA).
The hearings will seek to apply from March a 10% increase in public transportation rates and city tolls. In addition, we will also seek to implement a mechanism of monthly increases above inflation throughout 2025.
Source: Ambito
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