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Murcia City Council has allocated 24.4 million euros in the last three years to subsidize the promotion of public transport and lower ticket prices to certain groups, regardless of question-urban lines owned or municipal- Autonomous Community.
Specifically, in 2009, the concessionaire of the service, Latbus, entered the municipal treasury EUR 8.9 million, of which 3 million were used to lower the ticket to the users of the lines of jurisdiction and 5.9 million passengers in the lines of the region.
Municipal aid are increasing each year and have risen more than 20% since 2007: 7.4 million then, 8.1 million in 2008 to 8.9 million last year.
After the meeting the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, representatives of the council, the council of the area, Antonio Castillo, stated that the City will protect the interests of employees, which have planned strike action at the infringements wage of the company.
The mayor has announced it will request an urgent meeting with the Autonomous Region, responsible for 60% of lines operating in the municipality to address the situation.
"The City Council will require the company to pay its workers the wages owed to them," said the mayor of Transport, who has also ensured that the City Council will use all legal means at their disposal to get the next income Latbus of the municipal coffers are intended to pay salaries.
Castillo referred to settlements made on 15 April by the company for the first three months of the year, amounting to 2.4 billion euros.
The City has no debts with the company providing public transport service.
Antonio Castillo understands that with the 4,000 million pesetas paid in three years "should have funds to pay salaries to workers and meet the needs arising from the 45 vehicles that cover the lines of municipal ownership."
Lines municipal and autonomous region
The routes are the responsibility of local government are 5 urban lines (2, 3, 4, 8 and 9), the 6-rays and Buhobús.
1,800,000 miles traveled in 2008 with 2,500,000 visitors, with a frequency of 20-25 minutes and a mean deviation of 4 minutes.
Are in service 45 vehicles and 98 drivers and they work, the company said, 67 people in different categories.
But in the town operate another 19 lines with rates, service, frequency and schedule are the responsibility of the Autonomous Community.
In 2008 traveled 5.2 million miles and transported 11.4 million passengers.
Reported a frequency of 40-50 minutes and a mean deviation of 13 minutes.
140 vehicles are assigned, with more than 400 workers.
At the moment it is under review the system model of mobility in the municipality and the supply of transport services.
Therefore, the City is working on the implementation of the tram as the backbone of the system, whose redevelopment is done in collaboration with the Public Transport Authority.
It also will outline a new model of public transport to unify the skills, change paths, frequencies, lines and rates.
Development is precisely the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan as a tool to effect a change in modes of transport in favor of public mass transit system for the benefit of urban quality, pedestrians, residents and cyclists.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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