How bus services will work from 1 September in the AMBA

2024-08-31 19:00:03

In the middle of the negotiations between the Government and management of Jorge Macri him transfer of 31 lines assemblies distributed in the City of Buenos Aires, AMBA transport business chambers ensure that reduction in servicesespecially at night and on weekends.

Since September, the States will only take care of the subsidies -in the case of subsidies and costs of the SUBE Network; of the 113 lines which crosses the province of Buenos Aires and CABA, which is considered to be under national jurisdiction. The measure has yet to be made official in the Iris Oifigiúil.

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Given this situation and the lack of updating of the cost structure – used to calculate subsidies -, the frequency cut will take place in lines which works exclusively i The territory of Buenos Aires and Buenos Aires y It will depend on each company. This was communicated to TNLuciano Fusaro, president of the Argentine Association of Automotive Transport Entrepreneurs (AAET).

Fusaro specified that companies have already started to cut services and that this trend “It would be worse” if the income is not updated. According to data collected by AAETA, there was a decrease in 4% on business days and 7% on Sundays during August compared to the same month in 2023.

This August 26, the companies issued a statement in which they stated the main problems that will lead to a reduction in services to avoid “more paralysis”. They also pointed out that the recent fare adjustment on August 12 increased the ticket by 37% “It is a mechanism used by the regulator to save subsidies” and “has no impact on the economies of the companies.”

How bus services will work from 1 September

According to bus business chambers AMBA, night and weekend services will be reduced. The decision is due to the fact that companies He cannot pay the costs in view of the abolition of subsidies by the Nation.

According to data collected by AAETA, there was a reduction in the services of the 4% on business days and 7% on Sundays during August compared to the same month in 2023.

According to bus business chambers AMBA, night and weekend services will be reduced. (Photo: NA)

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Abolition of bus subsidies: what will happen to CABA and PBA rates from September

With the decision from the management of Javier Mileystarting September 1, users of the 31 bus lines which circulates in CABA and 377 lines of Buenos Aires – numbered from 200 onwards – will no longer receive the discount on integrated tickets from the Red SUBE system.

The president of AAETA, Luciano Fusaro, expressed this last Monday “There will be no increase in transportation“, since the Nation is the only authority to establish the tariff schedule for the buses.

AAETA president Luciano Fusaro indicated that there will be “no increase in traffic” next Monday. (Photo: Reuters)

For his part, the Minister of Infrastructure of the CABA, Pablo Bereciartua, announced that the minimum rate without a state subsidy would rise another $300, that is to say that it would reach. $671.

Meanwhile, Buenos Aires official Jorge D’Onofrio indicated that passengers “who need to make two round trips and two return trips” will suffer an increase of 25% and those who take 3 of 40% of the current rate“.