President Louis Abinader left started the runner from the Avenue Winston Churchill which from this Sunday will replace the traditional shell cars by buses, as already happened in the Núñez de Cáceres avenue.
With a distance of 12 kilometers, the runner made up of 47 buses with 90 passengers and 67 stops along its route, it will operate every day in hours from 5 in the morning until 11:00 at night. Buses are scheduled to pass through the important thoroughfare at 3:00 minute intervalsbetween one and another, for a cost of 35 pesos through electronic payment.
East runner It is part of the implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (PMUS), with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), through funds allocated by the European Union (EU) and the technical support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Its route is established from the Perantuenm sector in the northern part of the National District, it begins at Jacobo Majluta and will travel through República de Colombia, Jardine Fontanebleau, John F. Kennedy avenues and ends south of Winston Churchill, in the Center of the Heroes.
payment system
The payment system of Runner It is configured with the incorporation of technology, through the use of the SDgo card, which recently began to be used by the Santo Domingo Metro, as well as contactless debit and credit cards (cards that pass without touching the POS terminal and that are erroneously called verifone).
The Runner Churchill also connects the National District from north to south on one of its main roads, Winston Churchill Avenue, which houses different shopping centers and mobilizes more than 50,000 vehicles daily.
Likewise, it not only serves citizens who move from the northern part of the city to the Perantuen, Arroyo Hondo and Los Ríos sectors, but also connects along its route with Lines 1 and 2 of the Santo Domingo Metro, allowing access of users to the Integrated Transport System (Metro-OMSA-Cable Car).
He too Runner Churchill allows access to four universities, 167 commercial establishments, nine banks, nine study centers, 102 financial centers, ten health centers and eight recreational parks.
In this runner 395 drivers work who become partners of the State through a public-private trustaccording to the Minister of the Presidency, Lisandro Macarrulla.
He also said that of these public car drivers, 51 who are of legal age and 13 who have some physical condition are in the pension process.
