This agreement adds to the recently signed with the municipalities in Molina de Segura and Santomera and will extend the flat rate to the entire metropolitan area of Murcia before summer
Sewer A neighbor who moves to the malls to the north of Murcia will pay only 1 euro for the ride to use the voucher 10, instead of the current € 2.80
The Minister of Public Works and Planning, José Ballesta, and the mayor of Sewell, Lazarus Mellado, today signed an agreement for cooperation for the implementation of streamlining the number of tariffs and unification of systems and areas payment of public transport services, which benefit more than one million passengers a year in the town of Sewell.
This agreement adds to the recently signed with the municipalities in Molina de Segura and Santomera and will extend the flat rate to the entire metropolitan area of Murcia before the summer, and the implementation of the R + D + I developed by the Transport Entity for the improvement of information, reliability and punctuality.
The advisor stressed that "the aim is to improve the quality of service provided to citizens and encourage the use of public transport in our region, which is the third Spanish community in which most increased the average number of urban transport travelers bus in 2010, according to the latest figures from National Statistics Institute. "
In this regard, he added that "the will to bring citizens Sewer public transport network more economically attractive as well as collaboration between the two administrations, will lower the price of a single ticket in the municipality, which will of current 1.45 euros to 1.35 euros, following the introduction of tariff unification. "
The new system will also decrease the average price of the ticket, which was reduced from 1.20 to 0.69 euros and also decriminalize the transfers, which are free on all lines in the metropolitan area of Murcia.
For example, a resident of Sewell who moves to the malls to the north of Murcia will pay only 1 euro for the whole journey if you use the voucher 10, instead of the current € 2.80.
"Thus, by removing barriers between municipalities and one backbone transmission network across the metropolitan area of Murcia, so that citizens no longer have to think about specific lines but in the public transport network as a whole , where users can move without limits using the same bonds, "said José Ballesta.
Rates of 24 to just three
In Sewer simplification of the current offer rate will move from the 24 titles of transport in the town to only three: the UNIBON, Bono 10 'My Travels' and the regular ticket.
Thus, the UNIBON 'No Limits' allows unlimited travel for just 30 euros a month, a rate cut to 20 euros for all students of any formal training.
For its part, the people who opt for the bonus 10 'My Trips' may make ten travel packages an hour with free transfer on all bus routes in the city of Sewell, Santomera, Molina de Segura and Murcia, for a price ten euros.
The new bonds will not increase its price after the rate increase of 1.7 percent held by the Ministry of Development, as the regional government will assume the increase to keep the price of new titles.
This payment system encourages the use of public transport and rewards users who use it most, because the more you travel unless the travel costs.
So, if you make four journeys during an hour of the trip will cost $ 0.25, if three is of 0.33 euros, if the user makes two trips will be priced at 0.50, while you travel only once is 1 euro.
Source: CARM