One Bus Fare For
Downtown Buses Proposed
To Reduce Traffic
Congestion
All buses entering San
José will have one fare
starting in 2009, which
will be ¢350 colones.
The Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
- transportation
authority - aims to
reduce traffic
congestion caused by bus
drivers who have to take
time to give riders
change or do not count
with sufficient coins.
The public bus system is
now divided into 9
sectors, each having its
route and point of
destination to and from
San José and each with
its own fare.
The MOPT proposal will
change all that in the
name of efficiency, said
the vice-minister of
Transportes, Viviana
Martín.
The proposal would mean
only bus from each
sector - a total of nine
- would enter the
downtown core, meaning
people would have to
transfer from other
buses in the sector, but
not have to pay an extra
fare. The new system
would reduce the number
of buses into the
downtown core as well.
In addition, Martín
explained, that the
situation will get even
easier when riders can
pay the bus fare with a
special debit card and
it will be easier to
calibrate the collector
machines if the fare is
one.
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