The Minister of Transport, Juan Carlos Munozand the director of Metropolitan Public Transport, Paola Tapiapresented this Friday the plan to combat evasion in the RED bus system.
The plan includes five pillars: control, access control, new technologies, education and information, and intersectoral coordination.
The head of Transport indicated that evasion on RED buses reached 40.3% in the first half of 2022. Meanwhile, the second half of 2021 marked 36.1%, while in the first half of the same year there was a 41.2%. Evasion in the second semester of 2021 reached 46.2%.
The Metropolitan Public Transport Board applied a new methodology. Previously, the calculations were made quarterly and another methodology was used. With this, the evasion percentage (the January-March 2022 quarter, for example, recorded 31.7%).
“It is a figure that seems high to us, however it is not the highest that the system has had with this same methodology. This form has the grace that it is much more precise and tougher, closer to reality”, indicated the minister Muñoz, slogan emol.
“I make a very strong call to all Santiago not to get used to conduct that causes us extraordinary damage in many dimensions and that is why as a ministry we are going to be very firm and we are going to work hard from our space to combat evasion”, commented the Secretary of State.
Anti-evasion plan
The plan contemplates the following and other measures:
- Increased bus evasion control.
- Review of sanctions for evasion and operation of the registry.
- Increased sanctions for those who attack inspectors.
- Data crossing to focus and make inspections more efficient.
- 43% more paid areas by December 2023.
- Work plan with operators for single authorization of the front door.
- Increase in sanctions for those who attack drivers during the exercise of their work.
- Increase in protection cabins for drivers.
- Educational talks in schools to promote payment in public transport.
