The pioneering corridor of Núñez de Cáceres Avenue has transported 2.5 million passengers in the year that it has been operating and has had an impact on the economy of users and fuel consumption, but its implementation does not fully comply.
On January 25, one year was celebrated for the new corridor, which replaced the concho cars, some of which were junk, on José Núñez de Cáceres Avenue, with modern and comfortable ones. buses inclusive that cover the route from Los Ríos to La Feria.
Luis Rosado, manager of Conatra SAS, which manages the corridor, explained that many people now leave their vehicles at home and travel in the corridor’s units, which keep their frequency controlled by the Intrant exit every five and 10 minutes, depending of the hour.
“Those 2.5 million passengers They have also had a positive impact on the economy, from the time to move from one place to another. We have been quantifying, there are many millions of pesos that users and the Dominican State have saved,” said Rosado.
He indicated that the new transportation system has also had an effect on circulation because traffic jams have decreased due to the departure of light vehicles.
“The traffic jams in La Núñez have also decreased, there is fluidity, there are some pending things such as the improvement of the intersections, there are studies that are being done to improve the intersections at intersections and the improvement in the synchronization of the traffic lights, when that is complete, we are going to have more fluidity in the corridor”, he assured.
Community members object
However, community members of Los Ríos, although they do not reject the corridor, prefer the service of the Metropolitan Office of buses (Omsa) due to its cost. They argue that the buses from the corridor they charge 35 pesos and the Omsa only 15 pesos.
Fedelabia Aquino Cruz (mamita), president of the United Community Defenders Association, said that the authorities have not approached the community to take action, despite the fact that they are the most interested. She expressed that they obtained a route from the National Office of Land Transportation (Onatrate) and then an Omsa route was installed and now they want to remove it.
“This is not political, we are community, we are people who are hurt by the situation, there are people who cannot go to work or to hospitals because they do not have money, they take Churchill and 27 from us, what side are you on, president? , from us or from the trade unionists,” he asked.
David Acosta said that they are opposed to Omsa being removed from the corridor and affirmed that they were informed of this situation, so they will fight so that it does not happen. However, he clarified that they are not opposed to the new corridor, but that it is more expensive for them to move in those buses because of the 15 pesos he charges at Omsa, they would have to pay 35 at the buses of the corridor.
“From 15 to 35 pesos is not a good change, it is a bad change for the poor,” said the community leader who participated in a peaceful protest on Los Ríos Avenue.
According to Dominga Pérez, representative of the Association of University Students of Los Ríos, with the departure of the buses of Omsa affects all students, who are the ones who mostly use this transport.
He affirmed that they will have to invest more money to be able to do the same route that cost him 15 pesos if they take out the buses of the State of Los Rios.
He denied that the traffic jams have decreased in Núñez de Cáceres due to the new corridor and said that he leaves work at 5:00 in the afternoon and arrives home at 7:00 at night every day, due to the long plugs that form in that avenue.
What the Omsa clarifies
The Metropolitan Office of Services of buses (Omsa) reported this Friday that its units of buses will continue to operate from Los Ríos.
The route that is maintained will begin on the Los Ríos ring road towards the Republic of Colombia, will pass through the Botanical Garden, Los Próceres and will go down Lincoln to Correa y Cidrón avenue towards Churchill, in the direction of the Heroes Center, in The Fair, from where he will return.
In this sense, the entity clarified that the aforementioned route will be relaunched and reinforced before the exit of the Winston Churchill corridor, which will work until this Saturday, since a new corridor will operate from Sunday the 13th, according to the provision of the National Institute of Transit and Terrestrial Transport (Intrant).
In a press release, the entity’s management explained that its buses they will be charging by card and guaranteed that “it will continue to work hard to provide a safe and affordable transportation service to the entire population.”
The general director of the transport entity, Radhamés González, reiterated his commitment to serve the public, for which in recent days he received the visit of community members from the Los Ríos Work Table, accompanied by deputy Tobías Crespo, with whom he spoke about the transportation needs of that community and how Omsa could find solutions to some of them.
